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Redefining the Sublime and Repositioning Appalachian Literature: A Closer Look at the Poetry of West Virginia's Muriel Miller Dressler and Irene McKinney

Haines, Julie A
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1420-5990
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1456918057

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2016, M.A. (Master of Arts in English), Ohio Dominican University, English.
The sense of place in Appalachian literature has gone through a unique evolution, from its early role in the fiction of the region tied to stereotypes with the voice of the outsider over the insider’s to the renaissance of poetry in the region in the late twentieth century where the Appalachian authors regained their place. This unique evolution in the sense of place provides an avenue for the literature of Appalachia to gain canonical leverage. Two West Virginia poets, Muriel Miller Dressler and Irene McKinney, exemplify this in their use of the sublime. Several poems for each author combine place and the sublime, particularly in their poems dealing with outsiders and the destruction of the mountains through coal mining. This dichotomy of place and its ties to nature hearken to the sublime and a redefining of this literary term of antiquity where humanity becomes the terror. An ideal starting point for considering Appalachian literature in the canon is to increase its use it within the Appalachian classroom.
Kelsey Squire, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Martin Brick, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Ann Hall, Ph.D. (Other)
51 p.
American Literature; Literature
Appalachian literature; Appalachian poetry; Muriel Miller Dressler; Irene McKinney; West Virginia literature; sublime

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  • Haines, J. A. (2016). Redefining the Sublime and Repositioning Appalachian Literature: A Closer Look at the Poetry of West Virginia's Muriel Miller Dressler and Irene McKinney [Master's thesis, Ohio Dominican University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1456918057

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Haines, Julie. Redefining the Sublime and Repositioning Appalachian Literature: A Closer Look at the Poetry of West Virginia's Muriel Miller Dressler and Irene McKinney. 2016. Ohio Dominican University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1456918057.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Haines, Julie. "Redefining the Sublime and Repositioning Appalachian Literature: A Closer Look at the Poetry of West Virginia's Muriel Miller Dressler and Irene McKinney." Master's thesis, Ohio Dominican University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1456918057

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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