Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Hardy, Nat W.
URN	etd-0710102-120938
Title	In the Temple of Off-Ramps
Degree	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Department	English
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Andrei Codrescu Committee Chair James Bennett Committee Member Joseph Kronick Committee Member
Keywords	hardy poetry off-ramps temple
Date of Defense	2002-07-09
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Any creative thesis of poetry is an attempt to distill one’s aesthetic sensibilities into a single masterwork. This particular venture is not unique in that respect. What separates this lyrical endeavour from more flaccid mainstream poetry, however, is its visionary temper, for this is a poetics of revolt for truly revolting times. This poetics of subversion embodies a reactionary aesthetic that traverses both the beauty and the horror of our world, and as the poems expose social injustice, they venture sporadically into the sublime delicacy of disgust. “In the Temple of Off-Ramps” is ultimately a search for meaning in the sterile world of popular culture – a rummage for social justice and human rights in a disinterested and apathetic globalized world – a quest for grace in a domestic sphere where dysfunctionality reigns supremely impassionate.
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