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The Casaloma, Justin P. Burnside
The Casaloma, Justin P. Burnside
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The Casaloma was written to challenge held beliefs in what constitutes genre, what constitutes "selfhood," and what constitutes borders.
First, it is an examination of Rimbaud's famous line, "I is an other," which challenges the position of the "I" in relation not only to the self, but the self in relation to the world around it. This I call the poetics of the pre-positional, or prepositional relationship. This poetics is explored and tested through the voices, and the suigenerous nature of the material that constitutes the book.
Secondly, this book is meant to be an exploration of ideas that were …