Date of Award
5-2013
Level of Access Assigned by Author
Campus-Only Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Advisor
Jennifer Moxley
Second Committee Member
Steve Evans
Third Committee Member
Carla Billitteri
Abstract
Error Journal is a manuscript of poetry compiled and edited over a two year period from Fall 2011 to Spring 2013. Distinct from what may be called a "book," these poems operate as an open "collection"; that is, each poem is more or less an autonomous experiment in poetic form (and content), then juxtaposed alongside other poems to create additional arrangements of meaning. Overall, the collection hinges on (and tries to depart from) a strong influence from the poet Robert Creeley. Formally, then, the poems circulate in a tension between imitation and innovation. Through a mixture of individual, serial, and sequence poems, Error Journal searches for and errors into new configurations of form, community, identity, and influence.
Recommended Citation
Canniff, Jason, "Error Journal" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1890.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/1890