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The Possibility of Actual Happiness

Smith, Richard S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306942305

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, English (Arts and Sciences).
This thesis entitled, The Possibility of Actual Happiness contains a collection of poetry and a critical preface entitled, “The Discursive Mode and Interpersonal Relationships: How Chatty Poems Dodge Sentimentality.” The preface describes a few strategies that discursive writers employ to avoid sentimentality in love poems. I draw heavily from Frank O’Hara’s work, as well as from other contemporary American poets, to illustrate some of the advantages and disadvantages inherent in using this chatty voice. I hope the critical work illuminates certain line-level and thematic choices in my own poems.
Mark Halliday (Committee Chair)
Dinty W. Moore (Committee Member)
Jill Allyn Rosser (Committee Member)
54 p.
Literature
Discursive poetry; O'Hara, Frank; conversational poetry; happiness; sentimentality

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  • Smith, R. S. (2011). The Possibility of Actual Happiness [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306942305

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Richard. The Possibility of Actual Happiness. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306942305.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Richard. "The Possibility of Actual Happiness." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306942305

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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