Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
Availability
Open Access Thesis
Keywords
Academic theses;
Abstract
The poems in this thesis explore ideas of habitation, animality, humanity, community, and the inevitable disconnection experienced by the lack of communication between the interior and exterior. These poems attempt to construct the in between. The "I" character of these poems lives with several animals and insects throughout the sequence of these poems. The "I" character identifies something valuable in these beings, something unknowable outside the realm of physical coexistence. The same can be said of the animals, who seem to find comfort, sustenance, and kinship with the "I" character. The "house" becomes a blending of the interior and exterior, thus establishing connection beyond structure, beyond physical presence. The "house" is established as a place where "being" occurs.
Year of Submission
2012
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
First Advisor
J. D. Schraffenberger
Second Advisor
David Grant
Third Advisor
Vince Gotera
Date Original
2012
Object Description
1 PDF file (9 leaves)
Copyright
©2012 Jason Bradford
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bradford, Jason, "Before Words, There Were Leaves: A Collection of Poems" (2012). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2139.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2139
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