Date of Award
Spring 5-2012
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
English
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Angela Ball
Committee Chair Department
English
Committee Member 2
Julia Johnson
Committee Member 2 Department
English
Committee Member 3
Kenneth Watson
Committee Member 3 Department
English
Committee Member 4
Linda Allen
Committee Member 4 Department
English
Committee Member 5
Charles Sumner
Committee Member 5 Department
English
Abstract
Robert Frost Blues collectively argues, stylistically and thematically, that apprehending the world is difficult. If one is able to know the world to some degree, the efficacy of that knowledge will be significantly affected by whether other people agree that that apprehension of the world is correct. But beyond that, Robert Frost Blues, with its casual sestinas and villanelles, colloquial language, found language, prose poems, dialogues, and iambic narratives, implicitly argues that the most important aspect of knowing the world is not the form that knowledge fits into or the literary devices it employs. Instead apprehending the world requires both solitary reflection and human interaction, with human interaction outweighing solitary reflection.
Copyright
2012, Gregory Arthur Weiss
Recommended Citation
Weiss, Gregory Arthur, ""Robert Frost Blues”" (2012). Dissertations. 753.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/753