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Part 1 of A Comprehensive History and Analysis of the Poetry of John Doe
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Malevolent Big Bang 2025
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2025-10-15
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2025-10-15
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A Comprehensive History and Analysis of the Poetry of Jonn Doe

Summary:

In this volume we will be exploring the works of John Doe (unknown - 1997) and presenting a detailed overview of his personal and professional history. Doe scholarship is particularly important at this time due to newly discovered letters, photographs, and poetry that were released by his estate in 2025. The documents have put Doe’s life and work back into the public consciousness, and the knowledge gained from these texts has ignited discourse on how this new information influences the analysis of his work. The essays within offer new perspectives on Doe’s old and new texts, and seek to find new meaning within Doe canon.

Notes:

This was written for the 2025 Malevolent Big Bang! I had so much fun putting this together, and hopefully you have as much fun reading it!

This is one half of the series which can be read in any order! The essays can also be read in any order or skipped!

Huge thanks to my beta Tessa (orchidlattes on tumblr)!!!

Huge thanks to my artists Jay (bluejayblueskies on tumblr) and Bones (bones.mt on instagram) as well!! They are so talented and I am so lucky to have worked with them!! You can find Jay’s bind on this chapter and Bone’s art here on the supplemental material!

(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Chapter 1: Table of Contents

Chapter Text

Table of Contents

  1. 20th Century Poets
  2. Introduction: A Glimpse Into The Professional Life of John Doe
  3. Alternative Religion and Shaping the Self in the Early Works of John Doe
  4. “All My Days I Will Carry This Name”: An Exploration of Femininity and Identity in John Doe’s A Gift From Lilly
  5. Repression and the role of the closet in the poetry of John Doe
  6. Recontextualizing Pronouns in the Poetry of John Doe
  7. Intertwined: A Comparative Analysis of John Doe’s “The Garden and Our Bed” and Arthur Lester’s “Daylight."


    You can also find Jay's bind posted here:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/72477746

Two identical hand-bound books stacked atop one another. They are bound in dark green cloth with a gold-painted vine pattern on the cover that surrounds a black rectangle with the title, 'A Comprehensive History and Analysis of the Poetry of John Doe,' and author name, 'Moss,' painted atop it in gold.

A hand-bound book open and sitting face-down so both covers and the spine can be seen. There is a gold-painted vine pattern on the front and back covers, as well as a black rectangle on the front cover with the title and author name painted in gold. The spine also has a black rectangle with the words '20th century poetry, Vol. 63, John Doe' painted on it in gold. There is a gold quill on the bottom of the spine.

A two-page glossy spread of black-and-white digital artwork that has been made to look like poloroid photographs. The leftmost image shows Oscar smiling at the camera while John throws Arthur over his shoulder in the background. The rightmost image shows John, with Arthur still over his shoulder, grinning at Oscar, who has his head thrown back in laughter. A description of the photographs is printed beneath them.

The title page of a hand-bound book, which has the title 'A comprehensive history and analysis of the poetry of John Doe,' author name 'Moss,' and publishing name '20th Century Poetry' in an all-caps serif font. 'John Doe' from the title, however, is in a large fancy script front. The publishing name is beside an icon of a quill.The table of contents of a hand-bound book, formatted similar to the Penguin Classics style of formatting. There are headers for Essays and Collected Documents, with the various contents of those sections listed below them.

The introduction page for the Essays section, which has the word 'Essays' in all caps with curling ornaments to either side of it.The beginning page for one of the essays, titled ‘All My Days I Will Carry This Name’: AN Exploration of Femininity and Identify in John Doe’s ‘A Gift From Lilly’. It is formatted to look similar to other, professionally printed literature books.

A two-page spread of some of the poems from the fic, formatted so as to be similar to formally published poetry collections.

The top of a hand-bound book, focusing on the endbands, which are French double-core and sewn with black, white, and gold thread. The edges are speckled with green and gold paint.