Title
Date of Award
6-2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, English and Literary Arts
First Advisor
Bin Ramke
Keywords
Creative writing, Poetry
Abstract
This dissertation, Making Faces, is a book of prose poems investigating the work of portrait composition as it might be achieved through poetry. The prose poems in Making Faces explore how written expressions of people might be built poetically through—listing, paradox, rhythmic and figural repetition, presence and likeness, details, and brevity. The prose poems in Making Faces explore how written expressions of people might be built poetically through an examination of ideas and feelings.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. This work may only be accessed by members of the University of Denver community. The work is provided by permission of the author for individual research purposes only and may not be further copied or distributed. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Emily Pettit
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
100 pgs
Recommended Citation
Pettit, Emily, "Making Faces" (2020). Restricted Access ETDs. 83.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/restrictedetd/83
Copyright date
2020
Discipline
Creative writing