Award Date

1-1-2000

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Committee Member

Claudia Keelan

Number of Pages

57

Abstract

"Flesh, A Naked Dress" is a collection of five poems: "Joy of the Perfect Tool," "Texas," "Estuary," "Flesh, A Naked Dress," and "An Event in the World." The form of the serial poem, adopted for this collection, is the one described by poet Jack Spicer. It is larger scaffolding for the poetry, which comes out of a meditative discipline or 'dictation.' The poem moves ahead, without looking back, in units that are somehow related, and which are chronological. The serial poem is written in order to understand: it is not understanding in order to write. To read units of the serial poem is like turning on lights in the rooms of a house, one at a time. Language in the poem acts as furniture for the rooms; "Flesh, A Naked Dress" investigates notions of body and soul, and in particular philosophical heritage of the philosophy of Plotinus. This investigation takes place in various geographies.

Keywords

Dress; Flesh; Naked; Original writing; Poetry

Controlled Subject

Canadian literature

File Format

pdf

File Size

665.6 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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