Hopeless Poetics in Ecological Poetry
In this thesis I theorize hopelessness in contemporary Canadian ecological poetry in contrast to capitalist ideology and activist discourse. Drawing on Tim Lilburn’s work, I identify two varieties of hopelessness: despair and penthos. The former is characterized by disappointment, a sense of injus...
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| Language: | en |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/36246 |