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About Her: A Novel.
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Creator
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Mattingly, Mary, McKay, Becka, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Abstract/Description
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About Her is a story of grief, regret, and the lengths some of us will go to avoid confronting and healing from trauma. Charlotte Day is a twenty-year-old college student embarking on her senior year of college when her younger sister Abby dies in a botched fake suicide attempt. In the wake of said tragedy, Charlotte is left behind with her loving, well-intentioned father and sedated, increasingly distant mother. As Charlotte attempts to cling to normalcy, her efforts fail once she returns to...
Show moreAbout Her is a story of grief, regret, and the lengths some of us will go to avoid confronting and healing from trauma. Charlotte Day is a twenty-year-old college student embarking on her senior year of college when her younger sister Abby dies in a botched fake suicide attempt. In the wake of said tragedy, Charlotte is left behind with her loving, well-intentioned father and sedated, increasingly distant mother. As Charlotte attempts to cling to normalcy, her efforts fail once she returns to school, seeking out a path of unhealthy relationships and partying, which culminates in the former honors student dropping out of her senior year. A coming-of-age story at its core, About Her explores the dysfunctional ways one young woman navigates grief and fractured relationships while learning to forgive herself along the way.
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Date Issued
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2019
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013237
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Subject Headings
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Novel, Creative writing, Grief
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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Sylvia Plath: The cauldron of mourning.
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Creator
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Richards-Winkler, Michelle., Florida Atlantic University, Faraci, Mary
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Abstract/Description
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Sylvia Plath's poetry pulses with imagery and sound; it excites, disturbs, and unnerves. When Plath writes "I," one rarely questions the authenticity of the speaker. One feels privy to certain aspects of the poet's life experience. Her father's death, her subsequent psychotherapy, and the dissolution of her marriage contribute directly to the often surreal affect of the poetry. Plath's unique voice emerges from the bubbling cauldron of repetitive grief issues, existential tendencies, and...
Show moreSylvia Plath's poetry pulses with imagery and sound; it excites, disturbs, and unnerves. When Plath writes "I," one rarely questions the authenticity of the speaker. One feels privy to certain aspects of the poet's life experience. Her father's death, her subsequent psychotherapy, and the dissolution of her marriage contribute directly to the often surreal affect of the poetry. Plath's unique voice emerges from the bubbling cauldron of repetitive grief issues, existential tendencies, and patriarchy to create a new order of post-modern poetry. The thesis attempts to lead readers to a better appreciation of that poetry by demonstrating that Plath did not desire death, but rather desired growth, in an understanding of her own mysterious existence. It is evident through textual analysis that she was writing to achieve liberation from a crippling grief, autonomy as a woman artist, and absolution from years of guilt, at the time of her suicide.
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Date Issued
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2003
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13010
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Subject Headings
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Plath, Sylvia--Criticism and interpretation, Plath, Sylvia--Death and burial, Grief in literature
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Document (PDF)
