Miraculum Monstrum
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597096075 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Carr received her BFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, VT and holds an MFA in Visual Arts from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Kathline Carr, writer and visual artist, is the author of Miraculum Monstrum, forthcoming from Red Hen Press and winner of the 2015 Clarissa Dalloway Book Prize. View Kathline's writing and artwor
Though she is possibly an anomalous mutation resulting from worldwide ecological upheaval, the bird/woman is co-opted by a religious cult that claims to have prophesied her experience; she is thus written as the central figure of their scriptural text. The exhibition curator persona performs a duel function as narrative voice within the poem and critical commentator on the exhibit.. The fragmentary poem that is Miraculum Monstrum, which bears the same name as the fictitious codex quoted throughout, is presented within a catalog for an exhibit of visual artifacts and writings that chronicle this speculative history. Miraculum Monstrum is an epic hybrid narrative about Tristia Vogel, a female artist who experiences a radical physical transformation, beginning with the excrescence of apparent wings
I love the deeply nuanced inquiry and dialogue between visual art and poetry! This book is a unique and brilliant contribution to contemporary dystopic literature.”Jan Conn, author of Tomorrow’s Bright White Light“Kathline Carr’s Miraculum Monstrum joins ranks with Gabriel García Márquez’s story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” and Remedios Varo’s painting, “Creation of the Birds,” among other significant works, in