Date of Award
2018
Degree Name
English
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Eric Smith
Second Advisor
Sarah Chavez
Third Advisor
Nicole Lawrence
Abstract
The following thesis contains a collection of poetry, which portrays an exploration of landscape through negation and meditation. These poems often describe the region of Appalachia via a speaker who seeks wisdom through thoughtful images of nature and its decay. Prefacing the creative body is a critical introduction which highlights my influences, craft, and methods of writing. These poems were written while studying the poet Larry Levis, who provides an imaginative and thought-provoking perspective of natural landscapes and the people who coexist among them.
Subject(s)
Appalachian Region -- Poetry.
Levis, Larry. The Dollmaker's ghost.
American poetry -- 21st century.
Recommended Citation
McComas, Cynthia, "A Poetic Exploration of Landscape and Negation in Larry Levis's The Dollmaker’s Ghost" (2018). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 1153.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/1153
