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Necessary Fire

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

In this collection the poet explores the gyre of domestic life and specifically how this complex and paradoxical storm pulls women/wives/mothers in many directions at the same time. Using a variety of motifs including glass, water, fire, and bodies, she writes about the deluge of joy, grief, fear, passion, desperation, wonder, salvation, and destruction that accompanies devotion to children, partners, relatives, and friends.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Creative Writing
Department dc:contributor.department
English
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2016

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Sullivan, Katherine Aiken
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • D'Aguiar, Frederick M.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Mann, Jeffrey A.
  • Roy, Lucinda H.

Subjects

dc:subject × 4

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:4515
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71860

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2026-07-22
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Sullivan, Katherine Aiken. Necessary Fire. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71860