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Four archetypal patterns in Ted Hughes's "Crow"

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Date Issued:
1990
Summary:
This thesis examines four archetypal patterns in Ted Hughes's Crow poems--shamanic initiation, Biblical legend, the Great Goddess archetype, and the Trickster cycle. While examining each archetype separately, I also show how Hughes's synthesis of these patterns has produced a new mythology designed to effect a healing catharsis. Also examined as influences on the Crow poems are personal factors, such as Hughes's early interest in nature, his father's World War I experiences, his relationship with Sylvia Plath, and an interest in the nihilistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Title: Four archetypal patterns in Ted Hughes's "Crow".
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Name(s): Hiller, Deborah Lynn.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Pearce, Howard D., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1990
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 114 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis examines four archetypal patterns in Ted Hughes's Crow poems--shamanic initiation, Biblical legend, the Great Goddess archetype, and the Trickster cycle. While examining each archetype separately, I also show how Hughes's synthesis of these patterns has produced a new mythology designed to effect a healing catharsis. Also examined as influences on the Crow poems are personal factors, such as Hughes's early interest in nature, his father's World War I experiences, his relationship with Sylvia Plath, and an interest in the nihilistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Identifier: 14585 (digitool), FADT14585 (IID), fau:11382 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1990.
Subject(s): Hughes, Ted,--1930---Crow
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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