Wet, Wet Boys

Author

Leonard Alvis Minor, West Virginia University

Semester

Spring

Date of Graduation

2002

Document Type

MFA Creative Writing Thesis (Campus Access)

Embargo Reason

Permanent Embargo – MFA Creative Writing

Degree Type

MFA

College

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Department

English

Committee Chair

James Harms.

Committee Co-Chair

kevin Oderman

Committee Member

Mark Brazaitis

Abstract

This collection of poems is an exploration of the relationship between narrative and theory, focusing especially on what this relationship might contribute to poetry's examination of the body and sexuality. Many of the poems are experiments in tone and form, connected by recurring images, characters, and thematic concerns. Both the critical preface and the poems that follow it try to redefine the roles of tradition, history, and sexuality---particularly homosexuality---in contemporary poetry.

Recommended Citation

Minor, Leonard Alvis, "Wet, Wet Boys" (2002). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 817.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/817