Forensic Traces of Falling Sunlight: A Creative and Critical Exploration of Lesser-Known Narratives and Cumbria’s Alternative Poetry

Abstract

This practice-led creative critical thesis consists of my poetry collection, Forensic Traces of Falling Sunlight, a critical commentary and a study of the marginalised Cumbrian women poets who anticipate my own creative approach.
Forensic Traces of Falling Sunlight explores the ancient woodland wetland, White Moss Common, situated between Rydal and Grasmere in Cumbria. This thesis aims to contemporise a poetic depiction of a landscape imbued with a rich literary heritage.