From the inside looking out : society's fringe, 2012

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Tes

Identifier: b5596218

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

From the Collection:

Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts (M.A.) in English from Monmouth University and demonstrate a proficiency for creative writing through a thesis or equivalent work.

From the Collection:

After completing their 30-credit M.A. in English with a Creative Writing concentration, Monmouth’s M.F.A. students take an additional 18 credits of intensive creative writing study that includes the completion of a book-length Creative Thesis.

From the Collection:

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2012

Creator

Tesauro, John A., III (John Andrew) (1983- ) (Author, Person)
Waters, Michael, 1949- (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 58 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Introduction [excerpt]

The poems contained within this manuscript are about people. Some are based on myself, others on specific people I have known in my life or read about in newspapers or books. Some are based solely on people I have created. The common theme throughout all my poems is that the people discussed are all outcasts in American society.

The manuscript is titled "From the Inside Looking Out: Society's Fringe" because aesthetically and personally the concept of writing about society's "fringe" depends on the ability to construct the poem objectively without consideration of ethical or moral judgments within myself or on the page. The intention of the poems is not to criticize the elements that make the person an outcast of society, nor was it to show [sic] encourage sympathy for them. My intention was to discuss them as they are: imperfect human beings that possess traits viewed by the mainstream as abhorrent, repulsive, or simply strange.

Partial Contents

Introduction -- 1. Finding the outcast within -- Confession -- Anonymity is overrated -- James Dean is dead / rebel without a cause -- 2. The outcastes I have seen and known -- When cultures collide -- A minute for Charlie -- In passing -- Boardwalks, dead phone, and a hooker? -- Out of my element -- Los inmigrantes ilegales -- 3. You may pass them on the street ... -- Tetanus scars -- Suburban Vietnam, United States -- Old salt -- Read doll -- 4. The hub of outcasts, the center of the fringe - poems of Penn Station -- Penn Station, circa 2012 -- Breaking in new sneakers -- Until I met you -- Gods and earwax -- The prophet -- 5. Beyond the fringe -- Awaiting the apocalypse -- When civil rights go wrong -- I killed Mr. Softee -- Before Megan's Law.