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Georgia Ghosts: History, Folklore, And The Roots Of The Southern Gothic, Katherine M. Mcdowell
Georgia Ghosts: History, Folklore, And The Roots Of The Southern Gothic, Katherine M. Mcdowell
Master's Projects
There is something quintessentially human about ghost stories, yet particular regions tend to be more powerfully associated with haunted folktales than others. One of the regions is the southeastern United States. In fact, these oral traditions appear to have influenced the area's best-known literary subgenre: the Southern Gothic.
Why is the South considered haunted? Are there particular qualities in historical events that make them more likely to engender ghost stories? What makes the South's folkloric spirits so powerful that they appear even in modern literature? Most of all, what connects the region's history and folklore with the Southern Gothic? By …
Georgia, Lesley Brian Bargo
Georgia, Lesley Brian Bargo
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
The Vietnam War cast a massive shadow, both home and abroad. Relationships, morality, and humanity hang in the balance.
Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Darker, Jennifer Sarra
Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Darker, Jennifer Sarra
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
This creative thesis consists of the first seven chapters of the novel, Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Darker. Set in two time periods, 2017 and 1849, the plot centers around a newly renovated castle hotel in County Cork, Ireland. Newlyweds, Alicia and Greg Silvan discover a bottle of absinthe that is Spanish in origin. Alicia is haunted by the ghost of former owner, Keira O’Shea, as well as the disappearance of her father in hurricane Katrina. Alicia finds Keira’s handwritten journal and begins to read about Keira’s life and love and loss at the end of the Great Irish …
If You Don’T Want To Talk About Food, Don’T Sit Next To Me, Judith L. Polk
If You Don’T Want To Talk About Food, Don’T Sit Next To Me, Judith L. Polk
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
If You Don’t Want to Talk About Food, Don’t Sit Next to Me has as its main characters the same qualities taken from the new philosophy of Le Cordon Bleu: “Aspire, Discover, Flourish, Delight, and Thrive,” and the memories made while a full-time student.