Date of Award
1986
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Peyton, Ann
Abstract
This thesis probes the conditions of violence in Hughes's verse, explains why it occurs so frequently, and gives reasons for its use. While scrutinizing Hughes's use of violence, I also demonstrate the strong celebration of life which occurs in the poetry. I show that both violence and the celebration of life spring from the same impetus or spirit which works together to give humankind a sensitive and complete vision of the universe. I prove that the seemingly diametrically opposed concepts of violence and the celebration of life actually exist because of each other, and are in fact the same exultant energy occurring in different forms. My thesis deals with Hughes's less-known works: River: New Poems, Season Sonas, Under the North Star, The Tiger's Bones, The Iron Man, and selected poems from Crow.
Extent
84 p.
Recommended Citation
KRUGER, KATHRYN GAIL, "VIOLENCE AND THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN THE POETRY OF TED HUGHES" (1986). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 498.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/498
Identifier
FADT14291
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters