The themes of sensual experience, nature, and mysticism in James Dickey's poetry are examined. Dickey's "Poems 1957- 1967" and "The Eye-Beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead and Mercy" are the primary sources for the poems. Selections from a decade of Dickey criticism are also represented. Dickey presents a wide spectrum of attitudes toward acceptance of the physical body, communion with nature, and transcendence of the human condition, but the poems exhibit sufficient uniformity to allow thematic generalizations to be made.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663671 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Tucker, Charles C. |
| Contributors | Sale, Richard, 1930-, Kobler, J. F. (Jasper Fred), 1928-, Stevens, L. Robert |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | ii, 101 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Tucker, Charles C., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
Page generated in 0.0023 seconds