Ars Prophetica, 2021
Scope and Content Note
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.
The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and changed to digital submissions in 2020. There are also a handful of audiocassette tapes and one USB. The media components are stored onsite at the Archives.
Dates
- 2021
Creator
- Watson, Edward J. (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
The thesis is restricted due to FERPA, permission from the author is required before you can view the thesis.
Extent
54 pages (54 pages)
Language of Materials
From the record group: English
From the record group: Chinese
From the record group: Spanish; Castilian
Overview
"A poetic hybrid of verse and prose, 'Ars Prophetica' expresses through form and content the varying registers through which the queer self is constructed and mythologized in the wake of trauma both spiritual and emotional. Taking the reader through a mystic's wrestle with the familial, religious, and academic institutions that simultaneously provide him with both spiritual insight and hierarchical pushback, 'Ars Prophetica' follows an intuitive logic that resists the narratives typically associated with that of the Mormon convert or the queer ex-religious. Also resisted in this work is the easy categorization of genre because life, especially that of the mystic, seldom follows form—as such it enters conversations of hybrid poetry. Touching on themes ranging from sexual discovery to psycho-spiritual theophany, 'Ars Prophetica' is, rather than a collection of related poems, a poetic construction of pieces which together begin to illustrate a fractured mystery of identity we are meant to help the speaker discern." -- Abstract
Physical Location
RG 010.01B Writing, Literature & Publishing
Physical Description
54 pages
Repository Details
Part of the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Walker Building, Room 223
120 Boylston Street
Boston Massachusetts 02116 United States
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