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"To Be a Poet and a Poem" : = The Life of Literature and the Metafictional Self in A. S. Byatt's Possession.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	"To Be a Poet and a Poem" :/
Reminder of title:	The Life of Literature and the Metafictional Self in A. S. Byatt's Possession.
Author:	Almeida, Helena.
Description:	1 online resource (103 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-09.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International84-09.
Subject:	Poetry. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=30319665click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798374475951

"To Be a Poet and a Poem" : = The Life of Literature and the Metafictional Self in A. S. Byatt's Possession.
Almeida, Helena.

"To Be a Poet and a Poem" :The Life of Literature and the Metafictional Self in A. S. Byatt's Possession. - 1 online resource (103 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-09.

Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University (Canada), 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

This thesis examines the relationship between the self and literature in A. S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance, analyzing the novel's portrayal of writing and reading as processes of self-construal. The central concept explored is the idea of a literary self: a dimension of a writer's self which exists in and through literature, in the simultaneous expression and creation of the self with words. Through an exploration of Possession's metaphors about the life of literature, the paper both defines the literary self and demonstrates that Byatt's characters have a life in poetry which transcends their individual mortality and which is related to, but not bound by, the events that constitute, and often constrain, their personal histories. The thesis also considers the dynamics of reading, examining both how reading is depicted within the narrative and how we read Possession, a novel which presents various discussions about poetic composition and literary scholarship alongside the works, supposedly written by the characters, which Byatt's fictional and real readers alike attempt to interpret. The paper argues that, as a metafictional text, Possession blurs the boundary between fiction and criticism, and that the novel both portrays and prompts the reading of the literary self, such that what it narrates is simultaneously the representation of a fictional act and a real experience. This analysis of Possession's interplay of life and literature focuses on the characterization of the fictional Victorian poet Christabel LaMotte in relation to her poem The Fairy Melusine. The paper argues that, rather than reading LaMotte and Melusina as merely symbolically connected, recognizing LaMotte's position as the author of Melusine is crucial to discovering the poet through her poem since, although LaMotte and Melusina share many characteristics and experiences, one crucial difference ultimately separates them: while Melusina is defined by her story, LaMotte has the agency to define herself by writing Melusine. The paper also considers the feminist valences of LaMotte's Melusine, examining the visions of feminine artistic subjectivity and creativity which Melusina embodies. The thesis concludes with an exploration of the need for wonder in the writing and reading of the literary self.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798374475951Subjects--Topical Terms:

528749
Poetry.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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