Date of Award
Summer 8-22-2026
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D. in English
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, English and Literary Arts
First Advisor
Graham Foust
Second Advisor
Jennifer Soong
Third Advisor
Joanna Howard
Fourth Advisor
Rachel Walsh
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This dissertation contains two parts: a poetry manuscript titled 4000 Years of Thinking and an afterword that explores the poetry of John Ashbery and Robert Creeley, and their influence on my work. In “Lyric Speech: John Ashbery and the Aesthetics of the Familiar,” I explore the aesthetics of speech, the cliché, and the familiar in Ashbery’s final two published-while-living collections. In “Creeley’s Sense,” I explore how Creeley’s poem “The Window” materializes perceptual attention and temporality via syntax. These two aesthetic categories, the spoken and the perceptual, are the foundation of my creative work.
Copyright Date
8-2026
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. This work may only be accessed by members of the University of Denver community. The work is provided by permission of the author for individual research purposes only and may not be further copied or distributed. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Mary Helen Callier
Provenance
Received from Author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
111 pgs
File Size
388 KB
Recommended Citation
Callier, Mary Helen, "4000 Years of Thinking: Poems and Critical Essays" (2026). Restricted Access ETDs. 144.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/restrictedetd/144