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Givan, Christopher Bradley, Miranda D. Dolph, James Hollrah, Matt 2020-05-26T20:34:36Z 2020-05-26T20:34:36Z 2010 (AlmaMMSId)9983011509202196 https://hdl.handle.net/11244/324634 (OCoLC)1426309308 These poems are chiefly concerned with self-awareness and the degree to which each poem's individual speaker is, either voluntarily or involuntarily, oblivious to his or her particular circumstance within the poem. This idea of self-awareness is explored by creating situations within the poems which force speakers to react to such themes as infidelity, mortality, loss, isolation, identity, obsession, suicide, and insanity. The poems in this collection are situated within the scope of poetry from the latter half of the 20th century to today, as a few of the poet's primary influences are Sylvia Plath, Sharon Olds, Steven Dunn, and Tony Hoagland. All rights reserved by the author, who has granted UCO Chambers Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its online repositories. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at diwg@uco.edu for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material. American poetry, 21st century American poetry, Women authors Degrees of oblivion Academic theses M.F.A., English Jackson College of Graduate Studies open.access