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Grabbing the Beast by the Throat: Poems of Resistance—Czechoslovakia 1938-1945

Anderson, Pamela R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1334328092

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2012, MFA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
The proposed thesis, entitled Grabbing the Beast by the Throat, is a collection of original poems that explores the theme of resistance while also delving into the ways in which threats against loved ones, family members, homeland, and lifestyle can transform individuals in negative as well as positive ways. Most of the poems are written in the voice of an invented Czech poet who is a partisan during World War II; however, the collection also includes poems from other perspectives as well as poems set in the American Midwest in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The collection, which incorporates real and imagined events, is divided into four sections of primarily free verse poems and a smaller number of prose poems. The structure of the free verse poems creates a sense of unrestrained independence and spontaneity; however, the poetic content suggests the heavily controlled atmosphere in which the invented poet writes. The persona poems are often narrative, allowing the collection to move through historical events while inviting the reader to fully engage with the idea of resistance and its connection to contemporary issues.
Maggie Anderson (Committee Chair)
Mary Biddinger, Dr. (Committee Member)
Steven Reese (Committee Member)
59 p.
European Studies; Holocaust Studies
Poetry; Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic; Holocaust; Eastern Europe; World War Two; Jewish Studies; Nazi; Hitler; Reinhard Heydrich; Lidice Czechoslovakia; Tabor Czech Republic; Resistance; Terezin; Theresienstadt; Holocaust Poetry

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  • Anderson, P. R. (2012). Grabbing the Beast by the Throat: Poems of Resistance—Czechoslovakia 1938-1945 [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1334328092

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Anderson, Pamela. Grabbing the Beast by the Throat: Poems of Resistance—Czechoslovakia 1938-1945. 2012. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1334328092.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Anderson, Pamela. "Grabbing the Beast by the Throat: Poems of Resistance—Czechoslovakia 1938-1945." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1334328092

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