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Apocrypha, Robert Taylor Supplee May 2016

Apocrypha, Robert Taylor Supplee

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

APOCRYPHA is a poetry portfolio which explores the relationship between knowledge and pain through the examination of Platonic epistemologies, Christian theologies, and Neoplatonic poetry. These poems are inspired by a crisis of faith which necessitated the telling of this story. Pain is then extrapolated into a state of suffering as delineated by theorist Eric Cassell, which then affects the intactness of the authentic self. Official Christian ideology and Christian folk knowledge compete within the foregrounds of knowledge for control over the authentic self of the individual whose pain necessitates the telling of stories, specifically health narratives as described by theorist …


2016 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2016

2016 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

Forces

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Seers In Greensand, Michael Lawrence Berger May 2016

Seers In Greensand, Michael Lawrence Berger

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

My MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis on poetry has culminated in a poetry manuscript of 60 pages in length. Many of the poems in this manuscript are inspired by my experiences studying English poetry and literature in this program, with a particular emphasis on devotional and spiritual poetry and poetics. A third of my thesis poem, in fact, came out of my experiences fulfilling the “study abroad” requirement in my MFA. To fulfill that requirement, I embarked on a couple pilgrimage walks through rural parts of the United Kingdom. The longest walk was the one I took from …


Tearing Up The Tallgrass, Brett Salsbury May 2016

Tearing Up The Tallgrass, Brett Salsbury

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This creative thesis project is a culmination of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree at UNLV. The thesis—currently titled Tearing up the Tallgrass—was composed entirely during my graduate semesters at UNLV. As a book of poetry, it explores the dynamics of humans in nature, white privilege, objectivity, fact- and myth-making, and artistic practice. Written under the supervision of Claudia Keelan (committee chair) and Donald Revell (committee member), my committee further includes P. Jane Hafen (English) and Pierre Lienard (Anthropology). Their disparate subject and genre interests are meant to diversify the feedback received during this project’s composition. Some …


Bildungsroman, Mary M. Spooner May 2016

Bildungsroman, Mary M. Spooner

Honors Theses

Bildungsroman is an original collection of poems exploring issues of womanhood, relationships, motherhood, and growth. The majority of poems in this collection are written in free verse; however, the collection also includes several formal poems. Bildungsroman is accompanied by a critical preface.


New Game+, Bobby Rich May 2016

New Game+, Bobby Rich

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This is a creative thesis composed of two components: 1) a critical introduction that contextualizes and supports the project of the second component, 2) a book manuscript of poetry. The project explores genre concerns of poetry by developing experimental prose poems that incorporate video game themes, language, and instructional writing. The project presents the interplay of the notions of control and failure to examine the borders between simulation (games) and reality (the world outside of games). The poems are constructed around the idea of designed failure, through which, the introduction argues, their status as poetry is inherently threatened, and they …


Material Matters, Thomas George Holmes May 2016

Material Matters, Thomas George Holmes

Dissertations

Material Matters is a collection of original poems written by Thomas G. Holmes, while a doctoral student at The University of Southern Mississippi. The poems explore the materiality of writing.


Smoked Blood And Lavender, Diana L. Elizondo May 2016

Smoked Blood And Lavender, Diana L. Elizondo

Theses and Dissertations

My project is a demonstration of how the Gothic genre can still have an influence in contemporary poetry as well as how the traditional forms can still be effective when developing diction and originality. This project is a collection of poems that addresses a range of issues in society and politics, as well as the deconstruction of the notions of romance in everyday life. In the introduction to my thesis, my poems are analyzed stylistically, as well as the themes they represent and the sources that influenced them. Furthermore, my poems are divided in five sections and each focuses on …


The Canción Cannibal Cabaret And Other Songs: Feminists Of A Dystopian Future Repurpose A Punk Past, Amalia L. Ortiz May 2016

The Canción Cannibal Cabaret And Other Songs: Feminists Of A Dystopian Future Repurpose A Punk Past, Amalia L. Ortiz

Theses and Dissertations

This collection of poem-songs is an experiment in combining poetry and theatre. Focused on the theme of revolution and inspired by current issues of social justice, the manuscript is set in a not-so-distant future. After an environmental apocalypse, a refugee raised under an oppressive state, La Madre Valiente studies secretly to become the leader of a feminist revolution. Her emissaries roam the land telling her story, educating others, and enlisting allies in revolution. My goal is to transform the text into live theatrical performances so that the manuscript serves both as a poetry collection and as a script. Some critics …


The Scripture Of Helices, Jessica M. Ramer May 2016

The Scripture Of Helices, Jessica M. Ramer

Master's Theses

This thesis comprises poems written during my two years of study for the Master of Arts Degree in English with a creative writing emphasis. The majority of the poems are written in either a received or contemporary form, although a substantial minority are written in free verse. Many of the poems deal with extreme circumstances such as combat and imprisonment. Others address family stresses due to birth, death, remarriage, and clashes of values. Some poems have a religious emphasis while others are firmly rooted in the natural world. All, however, are explorations of human nature.


Will, Wilting, Jacquelyn Nasti Apr 2016

Will, Wilting, Jacquelyn Nasti

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Rip, Shaina Monet Apr 2016

Rip, Shaina Monet

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Sifting, Lauren Burgess Apr 2016

Sifting, Lauren Burgess

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Sublimation, Lauren Burgess Apr 2016

Sublimation, Lauren Burgess

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Asteroid, Lauren Burgess Apr 2016

Asteroid, Lauren Burgess

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Südtirol, Lauren Burgess Apr 2016

Südtirol, Lauren Burgess

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Your Title Could Be Doing A Lot More, Jessica Morey-Collins Apr 2016

Your Title Could Be Doing A Lot More, Jessica Morey-Collins

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Painted Into A Corner, Michelle Lepori Apr 2016

Painted Into A Corner, Michelle Lepori

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Memorization (For The Boy With Hibiscus Lips), Kayla Fletcher Apr 2016

Memorization (For The Boy With Hibiscus Lips), Kayla Fletcher

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Poems Commissioned In The Street By Strangers And Composed Spontaneously On A Manual Typewriter, Benjamin Aleshire Apr 2016

Poems Commissioned In The Street By Strangers And Composed Spontaneously On A Manual Typewriter, Benjamin Aleshire

Ellipsis: A Journal of Art, Ideas, and Literature

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Putrid Desire, Craig Stewart Apr 2016

Putrid Desire, Craig Stewart

The Anthology

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Sacrifice To Teiresias, Kelsey Law Apr 2016

Sacrifice To Teiresias, Kelsey Law

The Anthology

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New Beginnings, Kristen Rowell Apr 2016

New Beginnings, Kristen Rowell

The Anthology

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Lightbulb Ii, Amy Ciravolo Apr 2016

Lightbulb Ii, Amy Ciravolo

The Anthology

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Sock Monkeys, Carsyn Osiecki Apr 2016

Sock Monkeys, Carsyn Osiecki

The Anthology

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I Do Not Look Up Enough, Grace Windey Apr 2016

I Do Not Look Up Enough, Grace Windey

The Anthology

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The Paragon Concept, Dakota Burwell Apr 2016

The Paragon Concept, Dakota Burwell

The Anthology

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Elevator Death Final, Dylan Bannister Apr 2016

Elevator Death Final, Dylan Bannister

The Anthology

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Trackpad Circuit Mirror, Charlie Hickey Apr 2016

Trackpad Circuit Mirror, Charlie Hickey

The Anthology

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Untitled, Alexis Howard Apr 2016

Untitled, Alexis Howard

The Anthology

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