Child's Prayer

Date Issued:: 2011
Summary:: A Child's Prayer is a Creative Work of 28 poems. This collection examines the relationship between religion and the familial, the habitual and the sublime. Through the reconfiguring of stories, often from a child's point of view, this collection seeks to question the past through the process of retelling it. Themes that are prevalent include memory, alienation, nourishment, and the sacramental. A Child's Prayer gently questions patriarchal religion and its multi-generational effects.

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Name(s):	Bergkamp, Jill. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English
Type of Resource:	text
Genre:	Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued:	2011
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form:	electronic
Extent:	vi, 28 p.
Language(s):	English
Summary:	A Child's Prayer is a Creative Work of 28 poems. This collection examines the relationship between religion and the familial, the habitual and the sublime. Through the reconfiguring of stories, often from a child's point of view, this collection seeks to question the past through the process of retelling it. Themes that are prevalent include memory, alienation, nourishment, and the sacramental. A Child's Prayer gently questions patriarchal religion and its multi-generational effects.
Identifier:	726173365 (oclc), 3166836 (digitool), FADT3166836 (IID), fau:3614 (fedora)
Note(s):	by Jill Bergkamp. Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s):	Symbolism in literature Poetry (Collections) Conduct of life Family -- Religious aspects
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3166836
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

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