Date of Award
5-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
English
Committee Chair(s)
Ben Gunsberg
Committee
Ben Gunsberg
Committee
Michael Sowder
Committee
Brock Dethier
Abstract
I No Longer Hear the Wind is a collection of poetry that explores an unnamed narrator's relationship with nature and civilization. The poems follow this narrator through his fragmented journey of trying to find nature in its most authentic form. As the narrator jumps in and out of civilization, he realizes that he ultimately cannot find nature, even in the most wild of places. Understanding this dilemma, the narrator seeks to connect with society while simultaneously avoiding, resisting, and even undermining civilization, technology, and authority.
The collection draws its influence from nature poets like Rumi, Whitman, Thoreau, and many others and brings their ideas into the problems faced by the 21st century consumer-driven world.
Recommended Citation
Steele, Robert Tyson, "I No Longer Hear the Wind" (2015). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 820.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/820
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