Masters Theses
Date of Award
5-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Major
English
Major Professor
Marilyn Kallet
Committee Members
Arthur Smith, Benjamin Lee
Abstract
This collection of poems attempts to capture the author's inner life through a specific perception of his own generation as energetic, ambivalent and lost. The poems, while sometimes personal and autobiographical, portray dreamlike and surreal conceptions of twenty-first century twenty somethings and their landscapes: rocky deserts, expanses of water, and the vibrating city. The poems track the speaker's transitioning in and away from a hectic life of drinking and celebrating unspoken and unconventional forms of beauty. The collection concludes with a meditation on the video game Hotline Miami, which reflects the collection's interest in alchemical imagery by transacting this often disregarded art form into the high-art of poetry.
Recommended Citation
Brehm, Jonathan Joseph, "The Hungover Romance of "We". " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2014.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2769