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University of Kent: Poetry as Practice

Institution University of Kent View institution profile
Department School of English
Web www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate
Email english@kent.ac.uk
Telephone 01227 823054
Study type Research

Summary

The Poetry as Practice MA is a creative writing programme for advanced poetry practitioners. Your project will be an extended creative project, consisting of between 30 and 40 poems, or, in the case of long poems, between 420 and 560 lines, or, in the case of prose poems, between 30 and 40 pages.

This sequence of poems will be accompanied by a critical, or theoretical essay of between 8,000 and 10,000 words, and a bibliography of works you have used to research your creative and critical work. The final assessment of the MA will be by examination of the coursework and, where necessary, by viva voce examination.

You are welcome to approach the Director of Creative Writing with proposals, or to discuss with him ideas that might be in the early stages of development, as well as discuss proposals with the tutors listed below. Areas of current interest for members of staff are: journal poetry, translation, avant-garde poetry, avant-garde performance poetry, political poetry, feminist poetry and poetics.

There are three members of staff available to work with students: Dr Simon Smith, Patricia Debney and Dorothy Lehane.

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