‘Ear Loads’: neologisms and sound poetry in Maggie O’Sullivan’s Palace of Reptiles
‘Ear Loads’: neologisms and sound poetry in Maggie O’Sullivan’s Palace of Reptiles
The poet Maggie O’Sullivan uses rare and invented words for their sonic virtues in many of her texts. This article concentrates on her 2003 collection, Palace of Reptiles, in order to explore the signifying effects
of her verbal inventions. By discussing the history of neologizing, and considering both positive and negative judgements on the sources and effects of neologisms, this essay suggests that the semantic instability of these sonic words on the edge of intelligibility makes an important contribution to O’Sullivan’s highly original poetics.
Maggie O’Sullivan, neologisms, poetics, sound poetry
35-60
Middleton, Peter
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March 2010
Middleton, Peter
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Middleton, Peter
(2010)
‘Ear Loads’: neologisms and sound poetry in Maggie O’Sullivan’s Palace of Reptiles.
Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, 2 (1), .
Abstract
The poet Maggie O’Sullivan uses rare and invented words for their sonic virtues in many of her texts. This article concentrates on her 2003 collection, Palace of Reptiles, in order to explore the signifying effects
of her verbal inventions. By discussing the history of neologizing, and considering both positive and negative judgements on the sources and effects of neologisms, this essay suggests that the semantic instability of these sonic words on the edge of intelligibility makes an important contribution to O’Sullivan’s highly original poetics.
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Published date: March 2010
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Maggie O’Sullivan, neologisms, poetics, sound poetry
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