Date of Award
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Mitchell, Susan
Abstract
"The Light That Calls Them Back" is a collection of 23 poems completed during my three years of graduate studies. The poems in this collection are memory based and rely on the use of metaphor to convey emotion. These writings were compiled to demonstrate a range of poetic styles and subject matter. Most importantly, each poem in some way deals with the poet's relationship to different places and the memories (often hazy or inaccurate) associated with certain settings. Additional themes present throughout these works are the loss that comes with both death and abandonment and the relationship among visual art and images and poetry. The voice in these poems represents the poet in different stages of life. Many of the poems appear to deal with mystical or fantastical elements. These represent the poet's imagination and belief in the unexplained. Some are meant to be taken literally, while others become metaphors or evidence of the poet's desire to escape the ordinary world.
Extent
40 p.
Recommended Citation
Fedden, Victoria, "The Light That Calls Them Back" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1796.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1796
Identifier
FA00000914
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters