"the Little White Dish Of My Faith": Anne Sexton, The Body, And Spirituality

dc.contributor.author	Barbee, Elizabeth J.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-14T20:20:45Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-14T20:20:45Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-14
dc.date.submitted	January 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.other	DISS-12627	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10106/24383
dc.description.abstract	This thesis examines how Anne Sexton pits the body and soul against one another in her poems. Her work suggests that these two facets of being are more than just benignly and fundamentally different: they are enemies. Her speaker continually vilifies the body by suggesting that its superficial needs obstruct the more wholesome and essential needs of the spirit. The thesis demonstrates that spirituality is the most resilient theme in Sexton's work and argues against critics who claim that the body is Sexton's central preoccupation.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Henderson, Desiree	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	English	en_US
dc.title	"the Little White Dish Of My Faith": Anne Sexton, The Body, And Spirituality	en_US
dc.type	M.A.	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeChair	Henderson, Desiree	en_US
dc.degree.department	English	en_US
dc.degree.discipline	English	en_US
dc.degree.grantor	University of Texas at Arlington	en_US
dc.degree.level	masters	en_US
dc.degree.name	M.A.	en_US