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A Flower Opened in the Stinking
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Rodabaugh, Hannah Marie
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1280785012
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Year and Degree
2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
Abstract
This manuscript reflects a poetic exploration into various approaches to problems of defining wisdom within sacred texts, as well as experimentation with sound, language, and grammar. It is designed to be or explain some of the multi-faceted ways in which inspiration comes to us. Like the Hindu existential bodies, it is divided into four sections; each section sets up a problem that the remaining poems seek to rectify, or at least neutralize by the end of the segment. It is told in a wide range of styles (letters, songs, free verse, and rhyme) to reflect this multi-faceted approach. It offers varying tones for the same reason. Similar to Aristotelian concepts of theatre, where an audience is purged of negative emotions by watching a character consumed by them, this work, often humorously, evokes a sense of what not to do as much as it offers any sense of friendly wisdom.
Committee
Cathy Wagner (Committee Chair)
Keith Tuma (Committee Member)
cris cheek (Committee Member)
Pages
62 p.
Subject Headings
American Literature
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Composition
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English literature
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Experiments
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Fine Arts
Keywords
Poetry
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experimental writing
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spiritual texts
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religious traditions
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Rodabaugh, H. M. (2010).
A Flower Opened in the Stinking
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1280785012
APA Style (7th edition)
Rodabaugh, Hannah.
A Flower Opened in the Stinking.
2010. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1280785012.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Rodabaugh, Hannah. "A Flower Opened in the Stinking." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1280785012
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.