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THE OTHER AMERICAN POETRY AND MODERNIST POETICS: RICHARD WRIGHT, JACK KEROUAC, SONIA SANCHEZ, JAMES EMANUEL, AND LENARD MOORE

Kim, Heejung
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523964596644369

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2018, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
Abstract Heejung Kim, Ph.D., May 2018 ENGLISH THE OTHER AMERICAN POETRY AND MODERNIST POETICS: RICHARD WRIGHT, JACK KEROUAC, SONIA SANCHEZ, JAMES EMANUEL, AND LENARD MOORE (212 PP.) Dissertation Advisor: Professor Yoshinobu Hakutani The purpose of this dissertation is to study Richard Wright, Jack Kerouac, Sonia Sanchez, James Emanuel, and Lenard Moore as haiku poets in their efforts to create their own genres. Only a few published critical essays exist on how American writers composed haiku and applied the philosophical and aesthetical principles of haiku. The genuine identity of the American haiku, however, has not been determined to date. The American haiku seems innovative since it is a hybrid genre whose inspirations are derived from Eastern culture and American culture. This dissertation explores each poet’s haiku and investigates whether it is just an escape from the traditional style of American poetry or if the American haiku is truly a different poetic genre with its own distinct identity. This study examines each poet’s characteristics, as well as his or her limitations as a haiku poet.
Yoshinobu Hakutani (Committee Chair)
Babacar M’Baye (Committee Member)
Sara Newman (Committee Member)
212 p.
American Literature
Richard Wright; Jack Kerouac; Sonia Sanchez; James Emanuel; Lenard Moore

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  • Kim, H. (2018). THE OTHER AMERICAN POETRY AND MODERNIST POETICS: RICHARD WRIGHT, JACK KEROUAC, SONIA SANCHEZ, JAMES EMANUEL, AND LENARD MOORE [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523964596644369

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kim, Heejung. THE OTHER AMERICAN POETRY AND MODERNIST POETICS: RICHARD WRIGHT, JACK KEROUAC, SONIA SANCHEZ, JAMES EMANUEL, AND LENARD MOORE. 2018. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523964596644369.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kim, Heejung. "THE OTHER AMERICAN POETRY AND MODERNIST POETICS: RICHARD WRIGHT, JACK KEROUAC, SONIA SANCHEZ, JAMES EMANUEL, AND LENARD MOORE." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523964596644369

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