Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
6-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Program
Comparative Literature
Advisor
Wayne Koestenbaum
Subject Categories
Aesthetics | American Literature | Continental Philosophy | Epistemology | Literature in English, North America | Modern Literature | Poetry
Keywords
Consciousness, Antihumanism, Nature, Poetics, Aesthetics, Cosmology, Destiny, Philosophical Posthumanism, Ashbery, Subjectivity
Abstract
An essay lived by John Ashbery's Three Poems with special attention to the possibility of cosmic relevance. This paper attempts to imagine priorities and needs proper to celestial bodies. Three Poems is the consciousness that gives possibility to the text, while Blanchot, Nietzsche, and other thinkers ground its exploration in philosophical analysis.
Recommended Citation
Carlson, Tom M., "Topics of The Sky: Ashbery's Involving Search for The Poem" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3713
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