Stevie Smith's treatment of her two major themes of God and death reveals her seriousness as a poet; although she earned a reputation as a writer of comic verse, she is rather a serious writer employing a comic mask. This thesis explores her two, dominant themes, which reveal her inability to synthesize her views about both subjects. In religion, she proved to be a doubter, an atheist, and a believer. Her attitude toward death, though more consistent, is nonetheless ambiguous, particularly regarding suicide. Smith always considered death as a god, and her examination of both the gods of Christianity and of Death was exhaustive. She never developed a single view of either theme but proved to believe in several conflicting ideas at once.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc503934 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Thurman, Susan E. |
| Contributors | Linebarger, J. M. (James Morris), 1934-, Sale, Richard, 1930-, Kobler, J. F. (Jasper Fred), 1928- |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 76 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Thurman, Susan E., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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