Date of Graduation
5-2014
Document Type
UAF Access Only - Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Davis McCombs
Committee Member
John DuVal
Second Committee Member
Michael Heffernan
Keywords
American History, Anglo-Saxon Literature, Genealogy, Kentucky, Liminality, Poetry
Abstract
Perimeter Roads is a collection of poetry concerned with the boundary lines we draw and the ways which we subsequently cross them. Recurrent themes and motifs include liminality, mythology and folklore, flood narrative, home construction, home deconstruction, world travel, love, and American history. One of the central threads that holds the collection together is my personal genealogy. My ancestors appear as part of the poetic landscape--voices confronting abstract human elements: love, loss, identity, etc. What emerges is a portrait of the artist, a generational American narrative, and an exploration of the human mind as it confronts important moments in life.
Citation
Scott, J. I. (2014). Perimeter Roads. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2317