Leaving the body : an elegy

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Harwell, Sarah
Abstract	The death of a child is, for many, a fear too terrifying to imagine. The poems collected here explore this difficult loss; they examine the realities that form, and fall away, after the realization of a parent?s worst fear. Through the poems? speaker, a bereaved mother, a multitude of worlds are mapped: the world of grief, of language, of the body, of love and guilt, of conflicted self-identity, of cultural denial, of courageous reclamation. What emerges from these poems is an intimate and layered lyric narrative that negotiates the collapsed boundaries of the public and the private, the dead and the living.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Date Available	2017-04-17T08:00:09+00:00
Date Issued	2009-05-13
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Degree Field	Creative Writing
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2009
Advisor	Holmberg, Karen E.
Academic Affiliation	English
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Graduate School
Subject	Poetry
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/11873

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