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University of New Hampshire

Theses/Dissertations

1986

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The Embrace Is All: Galway Kinnell's Poetry, 1950 - 1985, James William Robinson Jan 1986

The Embrace Is All: Galway Kinnell's Poetry, 1950 - 1985, James William Robinson

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation contains two major parts: an essay and an extensive bibliography. The essay discusses Kinnell's poetry in order to illuminate his major themes and describe his poetics. The bibliography provides virtually complete lists of primary and secondary materials. Both essay and bibliography owe much to a study of the Charles G. Bell Collection at Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire. The collection contains letters and drafts sent by Kinnell to Bell over a 33-year period. Notes on the Bell Collection appear in an appendix to the dissertation.

The essay, first major part of the dissertation, examines Kinnell's poetry and …