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“Partial solutions to the menace”: Philip K. Dick and the Politics of Genre (2021)
Thesis
Johnston Jones, R. D. (2021). “Partial solutions to the menace”: Philip K. Dick and the Politics of Genre. (Thesis). Keele University

In an essay published in 1955, titled ‘Pessimism in Science Fiction’, Philip K. Dick posits that science fiction (sf) cannot function as social critique without conveying a tentative utopian impulse: a “partial solution to the menace”. In the unfoldi... Read More about “Partial solutions to the menace”: Philip K. Dick and the Politics of Genre.

A poet prepares: persona, process, and performance in the poetry of Anne Sexton (2020)
Thesis
Bailey, D. (2020). A poet prepares: persona, process, and performance in the poetry of Anne Sexton. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis represents the first sustained examination of Sexton’s early and unpublished poetry, which was written between 1956 and 1960. Additionally, it also represents the first detailed scholarly attempt to discuss Sexton’s creative practice in r... Read More about A poet prepares: persona, process, and performance in the poetry of Anne Sexton.