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Looking past the lily
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Looking past the lily
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layers of meaning and interconnectivity in Nick Virgilio's haiku
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Moser
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Elizabeth Sands
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Elizabeth Moser
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Geoffrey
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Geoffrey Sill
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chair
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Singley
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Carol
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Carol Singley
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co-chair
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Rutgers University
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degree grantor
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Camden Graduate School
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theses
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2012
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2012-10
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2012
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Few American haiku poets can claim to be as enthusiastic and prolific as Nick Virgilio. Over a twenty-five year period, the Camden poet amassed a collection of over 20,000 haiku, many of them unpublished. His poetry covers the contemporary American experience, from gritty urban life in Camden to the erosion of rural American communities in the face of industrialization. The poet writes about the loss of his brother in Vietnam and the toll of such losses on the American psyche. Most of all, through his poetry, workshops and lectures, Virgilio worked tirelessly to get America back in touch the life-giving power of nature that surrounds our everyday lives. This thesis is an exploration of Virgilio’s haiku, both from his published work, Selected Haiku, and the unpublished Virgilio Collection from Rutgers University’s Robeson Library. The text discusses the differences between Eastern and Western haiku and the development of American haiku as an independent art form. Next, we turn to Virgilio’s haiku themselves, applying the idea of “layers of meaning” to discuss the movement of the poems’ point of view from the individual to the community to the entire society. We then examine thematic issues, such as Virgilio’s address of Camden’s poor and the dissolution of rural communities. Last, we end with a look at the poet’s process of writing and revision with several examples of how he tirelessly revised and improved his writing over time. Nick Virgilio’s poetry uses the haiku’s spare but emotionally powerful form to draw together nature and society into an inextricable bond. His potent themes and clear artistry will certainly appeal to a young generation growing up in the economic turmoil and changing values of today.
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English
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Haiku, American
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Haiku, American--New Jersey--Camden
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Poets, American--New Jersey--Camden
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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v, 49 p.
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Elizabeth Sands Moser
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Virgilio, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1928---Criticism and interpretation
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Camden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3RR1X2Z
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ETD graduate
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Elizabeth
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2012-05-07 07:44:12
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Elizabeth Moser
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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