Ranging from the elegiac to sarcastic, humorous to furious, distant, alienated, amused, and intimate, the poems in Hot Stare America aim to balance social critique with praise, protest poems with odes, the blues with jokes, nostalgia, love, and a sense of hope for those people and places that have helped to shape their speaker's life and origins. From dramatic situations set in bars, rock clubs, restaurants, coin-op laundromats, classrooms, and adult bookstores, this musically formal manuscript traces the poetic legacies of the English language, versions of democracy we have inherited and will pass down, as well as the bizarre ironies, juxtapositions, and paradoxes that define American culture. The Clash once dubbed themselves "The Only Band that Matters." In a similar vein, this collection of poems ultimately settles on good love, drink, laughter, and music in all its forms as the only sources of redemption or escape that truly matter to its speaker, this protest singer. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2009. / April 9, 2009. / poetry, music / Includes bibliographical references. / David Kirby, Professor Directing Dissertation; Martin Kavka, Outside Committee Member; James Kimbrell, Committee Member; Erin Belieu, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_181659 |
| Contributors | Cox, Bryan Douglas (authoraut), Kirby, David (professor directing dissertation), Kavka, Martin (outside committee member), Kimbrell, James (committee member), Belieu, Erin (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
| Rights | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). The copyright in theses and dissertations completed at Florida State University is held by the students who author them. |
Page generated in 0.0024 seconds