For nearly forty years, the poetry manuscript of Ethel Berger Pack, written by Pack in 1961 as she worked as wife, mother, and full-time employee in West Texas, was kept from public view. In this master's thesis, I use both academic and creative writing to discuss how researching Pack's manuscript functioned in my personal artistic development, a process deeply embedded in several generations of female creative expression. Using Emily Dickinson as a comparative literary model, I explore how ordinary women write in extraordinary contexts and how theses contexts impact and shape their artistic development. I also examine ways in which individuals or circumstances influenced the creative development of both Pack and Dickinson. Also, this thesis argues for Pack's manuscript as an exercise in profane creativity, a type of expression able to spiritually empower the creator in ways that transcend the positive or negative influence of sponsors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-08102011-142414 |
| Date | 10 August 2011 |
| Creators | Eason, Courtney Michelle |
| Contributors | Sarah Robbins, NO SEARCH ENGINE ACCESS |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/msword |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-08102011-142414/ |
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