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Leaping Off The Page And Melding Modes: The Multimodal Space Poem As A New Form Of Poetry, Todd J. Erickson May 2015

Leaping Off The Page And Melding Modes: The Multimodal Space Poem As A New Form Of Poetry, Todd J. Erickson

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

This paper develops and makes an argument for a new form of poetry referred to as a space poem, defined as a poem that is composed with an awareness of multimodality during its creation in such a way that results in a poem in which multiple modes work together symbiotically to create the poem. I trace the development of this concept over the course of my experience as a student in the Critical and Creative Thinking Master’s degree program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Beginning with a consideration of my past artistic multimodal projects created at different moments during …


Prison Poetry Group, Master Of Fine Arts Creative Writing Program, College Of Liberal Arts, University Of Massachusetts Boston, Bay State Correctional Center Apr 2014

Prison Poetry Group, Master Of Fine Arts Creative Writing Program, College Of Liberal Arts, University Of Massachusetts Boston, Bay State Correctional Center

Office of Community Partnerships Posters

Beginning in September 2012, a graduate student enrolled in UMass Boston’s MFA Creative Writing Program served as the volunteer instructor for a Poetry Group at Baystate Correctional Center. Through creative development and community discussion, this program, which operates during the academic year (September-May), facilitates positive behavioral change in order to eliminate violence, victimization, and recidivism.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 22 - 2014, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2014

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 22 - 2014, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 21 - 2013, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2013

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 21 - 2013, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 20 - 2013, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2013

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 20 - 2013, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 19 - 2010, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2010

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 19 - 2010, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 18 - 2009, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2009

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 18 - 2009, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 16 - 2007, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2007

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 16 - 2007, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 17 - 2007, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2007

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 17 - 2007, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 14 - 2006, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2006

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 14 - 2006, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 15 - 2006, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2006

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 15 - 2006, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 12 - 2005, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2005

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 12 - 2005, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 13 - 2005, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2005

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 13 - 2005, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 11.5 - 2004, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2004

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 11.5 - 2004, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 11 - 2003-2004, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2003

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 11 - 2003-2004, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 10 - 2002-2003, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2002

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 10 - 2002-2003, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 09 - 2001-2002, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2001

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 09 - 2001-2002, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


Every Man's An Odysseus: An Analysis Of The Nostos-Theme In Corelli's Mandolin, Emily A. Mcdermott Jan 2000

Every Man's An Odysseus: An Analysis Of The Nostos-Theme In Corelli's Mandolin, Emily A. Mcdermott

Classics Faculty Publication Series

In the sparkling first chapter of Louis de Bernieres's Corelli's Mandolin, the world of Homer's Odysseus is explicitly invoked. This is hardly surprising in a historical novel which will detail the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Cephallonia, near neighbor of Odysseus's Ithaca, during World War II. What is less immediately apparent is that the novel contains a further pattern of inexplicit allusion to the Odyssey, along with a pervasive theme of nostos. Emphasis on "homecoming" helps create the novel's ardent encomium to the Greek homeland that inspires such fierce love of place in its people …


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 08 - 2000-2001, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2000

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 08 - 2000-2001, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 07 - 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 2000

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 07 - 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 06 - 1998-1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1998

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 06 - 1998-1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 05 - 1997-1998, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1997

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 05 - 1997-1998, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 04 - 1996-1997, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1996

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 04 - 1996-1997, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 03 - 1995-1996, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1995

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 03 - 1995-1996, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 02 - 1994-1995, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1994

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 02 - 1994-1995, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

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The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 01 - 1993-1994, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1993

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 01 - 1993-1994, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-ongoing)

No abstract provided.


Howth Castle - Vol. 08, No. 01 - 1992-1993, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1992

Howth Castle - Vol. 08, No. 01 - 1992-1993, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Howth Castle (1985-1993)

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Howth Castle - Vol. 07, No. 01 - 1991-1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1991

Howth Castle - Vol. 07, No. 01 - 1991-1992, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Howth Castle (1985-1993)

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Howth Castle - Vol. 06, No. 01 - 1990-1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston Sep 1990

Howth Castle - Vol. 06, No. 01 - 1990-1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Howth Castle (1985-1993)

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Howth Castle - Vol. 05, No. 01 - 1990, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jan 1990

Howth Castle - Vol. 05, No. 01 - 1990, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Howth Castle (1985-1993)

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