Date of Award
1973
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Pearce, Howard D.
Abstract
This study examines the theme of loneliness in Randall Jarrell's poetry. There seem to be two major sources of loneliness: the loneliness which comes from exterior sources and that which comes from interior sources. The sense of loneliness imposed on men from the outside includes abandonment and dehumanization. These are treated in his early poetry. The sense of loneliness, which originates within the individual, can be aroused by a sense of guilt, by the necessity for separation from people and places we love, and by a sense of psychological fragmentation. These inner causes increasingly become the subject of Jarrell's later poetry.
Extent
78 p.
Recommended Citation
JOHNSON, MARTHA F., "RANDALL JARRELL: THE ILLUMINATION OF LONELINESS" (1973). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 222.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/222
Identifier
FADT13580
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters