- Title
- Porch light and James Merrill House and the angels inside: voice as cosmology
- Creator
- Ireland, Amanda Louise
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- Porch Light is a collection of poems that contains an enquiry into the relationship existing between mysticism, science (especially cosmology) and spirituality. Yet these poems also seek to discover this often problematic poetic-scientific hybrid space through the lens of human relationships and quotidian events ranging from cups of tea to sideshow suspension. James Merrill House and the Angels Inside: Voice as Cosmology is an exegesis wrapped in a memoir and is based around my experience of visiting James Merrill House in Stonington, CT in 2011. Through an exploration of both James Merrill’s apartment and his long-poem The Changing Light at Sandover, I begin the process of examining my own poetic engagement with angels, the esoteric and popular science. With reference to Merrill’s long-poem, and by examining the work of poets such as joanne burns, Jack Spicer and Jorie Graham, I enter into dialogue with the poetic practices and thematic concerns contained within my own collection of poetry, Porch Light.
- Subject
- James Merrill; angels; poetry; cosmology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/934284
- Identifier
- uon:11821
- Rights
- Copyright 2012 Amanda Louise Ireland
- Language
- eng
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