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Thank You for Visiting: Collected Poems with a Critical Introduction

Werner, Eric
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1398962916

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2013, Bachelor of Arts, Wittenberg University, English.
This thesis presents a collection of poems and a study of recent post-confessional poets to be used as models and inspiration. It seems appropriate in this age of self-exposure, in theage of Twitter and Facebook, that our poetry mirrors that cultural trend. I chose this form of poetry for its essay-esque style, which allows the writer to reflect on their lives and reshape past events and memories. It is not a school of mere recollection, it is a school of reshaping and reforming memories and experiences to project answers onto the questions that plague our everyday lives. Post-confessional poets have their own unique challenges to overcome when writing personal lyrics, such the unstable nature of memory and the desired degree of sentimentality. However, this style is an important venue of self-discovery for a developing poet, and I had to learn through the course of this project to create an "I" that could reflect me as well as reach for the universal. To help me, I selected two contemporary poets to act as guides through the world of post-confessional poetry. Matthew Dickman and Marie Howe are both poets who write from the self and share similar familial losses that act as their subject matter. Studying both how they play with narrative and their individual poetic voice has provided a productive apprenticeship throughout this project.
Jody Rambo, Ms. (Advisor)
Brenda Bertrand, Dr. (Committee Member)
Mike Mattison, Dr. (Committee Member)
48 p.
Literature
poetry; creative writing; post-confessional

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  • Werner, E. (2013). Thank You for Visiting: Collected Poems with a Critical Introduction [Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1398962916

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Werner, Eric. Thank You for Visiting: Collected Poems with a Critical Introduction. 2013. Wittenberg University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1398962916.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Werner, Eric. "Thank You for Visiting: Collected Poems with a Critical Introduction." Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1398962916

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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