Atop a Mountain in the Winter
Year: 2025
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Atop a Mountain in the Winter is a poetry collection that primarily examines the formation of the self. It’s divided into six sections with excerpts from a single “long poem” connecting them together. The early poems focus on an internal movement examining the subject-object contradiction that lies at the center of an individual’s identity. The poems then progress to incorporate a more wholistic understanding of one’s self. The poems gradually search for an identity that’s based on relationships and the specific things that a person cares about—rather than a secret internal essence. However, like life, the progression is not linear. Instead, specific themes and uncertainties are revisited in different contexts throughout the collection.
DOI: 10.25777/v2fa-gx22
Author: Burnside, John Hanlon
Institution: Old Dominion University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6927534615
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