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Animals and animal imagery in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney, by Ulf Kirchdorfer
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- Summary
- This dissertation examines animals and animal imagery in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney. The study shows that animals and animal imagery comprise a significant part of the work of Bishop and Heaney. An examination of the animal aspect of their poetry illuminates the poets' themes, techniques, and achievements as well as limits. My close reading of Bishop's "animal" poems presents the following thematic groupings: The poet at work and the art of writing; nature as religious sustenance; the intersection of nature as religion and the art of writing; the inhumanity/cruelty of humankind toward one another and toward the natural world; animals as companions, and the poet's/humankind's loneliness; the confessional poems. My close reading of Heaney's "animal" poems presents the following thematic groupings: The mature poet taking stock of his artistic career and considering his family lineage; the repeated mid-career concerns of politics, pastoral's and love's respite, and artistic responsibilities; history's coming alive; the wounded "I" and "Ireland"; early awareness of what it means to be an artist. My reading of either poet is the first from a deliberately narrowed vantage through which insight into either poet's techniques and meanings can be discerned. As such, my dissertation presents materials that more general considerations of these poets cannot
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Animals and animal imagery in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney
- Title
- Animals and animal imagery in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney
- Statement of responsibility
- by Ulf Kirchdorfer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This dissertation examines animals and animal imagery in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney. The study shows that animals and animal imagery comprise a significant part of the work of Bishop and Heaney. An examination of the animal aspect of their poetry illuminates the poets' themes, techniques, and achievements as well as limits. My close reading of Bishop's "animal" poems presents the following thematic groupings: The poet at work and the art of writing; nature as religious sustenance; the intersection of nature as religion and the art of writing; the inhumanity/cruelty of humankind toward one another and toward the natural world; animals as companions, and the poet's/humankind's loneliness; the confessional poems. My close reading of Heaney's "animal" poems presents the following thematic groupings: The mature poet taking stock of his artistic career and considering his family lineage; the repeated mid-career concerns of politics, pastoral's and love's respite, and artistic responsibilities; history's coming alive; the wounded "I" and "Ireland"; early awareness of what it means to be an artist. My reading of either poet is the first from a deliberately narrowed vantage through which insight into either poet's techniques and meanings can be discerned. As such, my dissertation presents materials that more general considerations of these poets cannot
- Cataloging source
- MUU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kirchdorfer, Ulf
- Degree
- Ph.D.
- Dissertation year
- 1992.
- Granting institution
- Texas Christian University,
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN56.A64
- LC item number
- K563 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- theses
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bishop, Elizabeth
- Heaney, Seamus
- Animals in literature
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- Animals and animal imagery in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney, by Ulf Kirchdorfer
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- Typescript
- Vita
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 902864881
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- iv, 190 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)902864881
- Label
- Animals and animal imagery in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Seamus Heaney, by Ulf Kirchdorfer
- Note
-
- Typescript
- Vita
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 902864881
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- iv, 190 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)902864881
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