Poetry as 'via negativa' : a creative enquiry
This creative enquiry consists of a collection of poems, called Broken Ground, and a commentary on the writing process. The central research question that the enquiry addresses is that of poetry as a 'via negativa': how can poetry tackle experiences such as death, the otherness of nature,...
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University of Chichester
2008
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| Summary: | This creative enquiry consists of a collection of poems, called Broken Ground, and a commentary on the writing process. The central research question that the enquiry addresses is that of poetry as a 'via negativa': how can poetry tackle experiences such as death, the otherness of nature, desire and loss in a manner which acknowledges the liminal or numinous core of many such experiences? |
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