Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of English
First Advisor
Michele Glazer
Date of Publication
Spring 5-31-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing
Department
English
Language
English
DOI
10.15760/etd.6360
Physical Description
1 online resource (iii, 56 pages)
Abstract
Lady Grimm is a conceptual assemblage. A substrate of fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes provide a basis for transformative and macabre frames, specifically concerning a stillbirth in 1940s Scotland. The collection utilizes the folklore genre to navigate a world of uncertainty and realities too difficult for its speakers to face. It further critiques the assumption of voice being restricted to human cognition. Animalistic totems as sea lions, peacocks, rabbits, and iguanas are some of the spirits summoned in order to explore themes such as motherhood, irreversible loss, abandonment, and choice within choicelessness. The collection begins in tragedy but gestures toward redemption as it maneuvers through strange & haunting imagery, mystic & surreal narratives. Ultimately, Lady Grimm illuminates a path towards perseverance in a coldly indifferent world.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25597
Recommended Citation
Livingstone, Tessa, "Lady Grimm" (2018). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4476.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6360