Smoking Behind the Register at the General Deli
The lives and landscapes that exist within these poems serve as catalysts for reflections upon issues related to personal familial conflict, the attempt to construct a pragmatic, moral structure while struggling with the influence of Southern Baptist ideology, and an epistemology reliant upon the bl...
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ndltd-fsu.edu-oai-fsu.digital.flvc.org-fsu_2534422020-06-19T03:08:58Z Smoking Behind the Register at the General Deli Carter, Maari (authoraut) Hamby, Barbara (professor directing thesis) Kirby, David (committee member) Kimbrell, James (committee member) Montgomery, Maxine L. (committee member) Florida State University (degree granting institution) College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college) Department of English (degree granting department) Text text Florida State University Florida State University English eng 1 online resource (61 pages) computer application/pdf The lives and landscapes that exist within these poems serve as catalysts for reflections upon issues related to personal familial conflict, the attempt to construct a pragmatic, moral structure while struggling with the influence of Southern Baptist ideology, and an epistemology reliant upon the blurring together of nostalgic narratives and first-hand experience. The problematic relationship between past and present permeates these poems, and an attention to musicality is my endeavor to tap into a kind of Southern duende in an effort to reconcile a problematic, cultural history with a sense of devotion and loyalty to place. I aim to explore, as Lorca says, the "dark sounds" that live in the bottom register of language I grew up hearing. For this reason, musicality plays a crucial role. My goal is to emulate the vernacular and cadence of my home region of Mississippi. The manuscript, itself, contain three sections, each with its own theme. The purpose of this is to map the individual's progression of understanding or, in other words, how a person comes to know meaning at different times as a result of different influences. A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts. Spring Semester, 2015. March 27, 2015. Creative Writing, Poetry Includes bibliographical references. Barbara Hamby, Professor Directing Thesis; David Kirby, Committee Member; James Kimbrell, Committee Member; Maxine L. Montgomery, Committee Member. Literature FSU_migr_etd-9301 http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-9301 This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). The copyright in theses and dissertations completed at Florida State University is held by the students who author them. http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A253442/datastream/TN/view/Smoking%20Behind%20the%20Register%20at%20the%20General%20Deli.jpg |
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The lives and landscapes that exist within these poems serve as catalysts for reflections upon issues related to personal familial conflict, the attempt to construct a pragmatic, moral structure while struggling with the influence of Southern Baptist ideology, and an epistemology reliant upon the blurring together of nostalgic narratives and first-hand experience. The problematic relationship between past and present permeates these poems, and an attention to musicality is my endeavor to tap into a kind of Southern duende in an effort to reconcile a problematic, cultural history with a sense of devotion and loyalty to place. I aim to explore, as Lorca says, the "dark sounds" that live in the bottom register of language I grew up hearing. For this reason, musicality plays a crucial role. My goal is to emulate the vernacular and cadence of my home region of Mississippi. The manuscript, itself, contain three sections, each with its own theme. The purpose of this is to map the individual's progression of understanding or, in other words, how a person comes to know meaning at different times as a result of different influences. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts. === Spring Semester, 2015. === March 27, 2015. === Creative Writing, Poetry === Includes bibliographical references. === Barbara Hamby, Professor Directing Thesis; David Kirby, Committee Member; James Kimbrell, Committee Member; Maxine L. Montgomery, Committee Member. |
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