Date of Award
Spring 5-2013
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
English
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Steven Barthelme
Committee Chair Department
English
Committee Member 2
Linda Pierce Allen
Committee Member 2 Department
English
Committee Member 3
Nicolle Jordan
Committee Member 3 Department
English
Committee Member 4
Andrew Milward
Committee Member 4 Department
English
Abstract
This collection of essays and stories strives to consider questions of belonging and estrangement, family, and the many layers of the human experience. This collection is equally interested in questions of genre, and the potential for genre to stretch its own limits. Above all, this collection endeavors to question what makes a story, and what makes a story good.
Copyright
2013, Lauren Dale Oetinger
Recommended Citation
Oetinger, Lauren Dale, "Slackwire Calliope" (2013). Dissertations. 665.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/665