"I have nothing to say, only to show": appropriation in the poetries of Trevor Joyce, Alan Halsey, and Susan Howe

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dc.check.reasonThis thesis is due for publication or the author is actively seeking to publish this materialen
dc.contributor.advisorAllen, Grahamen
dc.contributor.authorO'Mahony, Niamh Marie
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.contributor.funderFulbright Commission of Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-26T09:24:14Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.description.abstractThis thesis studies contemporary poetry’s innovations in textual borrowing and the range and scope of its appropriative practices. The restrictions of the inherited definitions of appropriation include a limited capacity for expression and meaningfulness, a partial concept of appropriation’s critical capacity, and an inadequate sense of the poet’s individual and unique practice of appropriation. This thesis resolves the problematic constraints limiting contemporary definitions of appropriation by tracing the history of the practice to reveal an enduring relation between appropriation and poetic expression. Close readings of Trevor Joyce’s, Alan Halsey’s, and Susan Howe’s poetry serve as evidence of contemporary poetry’s development of appropriation beyond the current ascriptions and offer some direction on how the critical understanding of appropriation might be extended and redefined. Here, appropriation is recognized as another source of lyric expression, critical innovation, and conceptual development in contemporary poetry. This thesis encourages a new perspective on the purpose and processes of poetic appropriation and the consequences of its declarative potential for both poet and poem.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity College Cork (William J Leen Postgraduate Scholarship)en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Version
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dc.identifier.citationO'Mahony, N. M. 2015. "I have nothing to say, only to show": appropriation in the poetries of Trevor Joyce, Alan Halsey, and Susan Howe. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage263
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2101
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2015, Niamh M. O'Mahony.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectPoetryen
dc.subjectInnovative poetryen
dc.subjectTrevor Joyceen
dc.subjectSusan Hoween
dc.subjectAlan Halseyen
dc.subjectAppropriationen
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dc.title"I have nothing to say, only to show": appropriation in the poetries of Trevor Joyce, Alan Halsey, and Susan Hoween
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD (Arts)en
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