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Cult Of The Day Moon, Markham Sigler
Cult Of The Day Moon, Markham Sigler
Theses and Dissertations
This book is a collection of short stories and miniatures. A variety of themes and styles are employed. Themes include environmentalism, the family, late capitalism, and alienation. Styles include surrealism, neorealism, hysterical fiction, and science fiction, as well as speculative fiction.
There Fly The Crows, Daniel R. Adler
There Fly The Crows, Daniel R. Adler
Theses and Dissertations
Where there is a corpse, there fly the crows. —Netherlandish Proverb
Some Assembly Required, Anthony Feggans
Some Assembly Required, Anthony Feggans
Theses and Dissertations
'Some Assembly Required' is a short story collection that explores the construction and deconstruction of identity within various fields of interest, generally hobbies or professions, and the type of people who do those professions or hobbies. It also explores dynamics of familial and romantic relationships.
The Finer Things, Jasmine Bailey
The Finer Things, Jasmine Bailey
Theses and Dissertations
It is through the grotesque that Flannery O'Conner's characters achieve grace, and often the only hope for self-actualization rests in death and malformation. This is perhaps her greatest irony. The protagonists of The Finer Things, however, never self-actualize: they simply act without understanding or questioning why. This is because they are rarely confronted with the grotesque; instead they actively seek it for themselves. The grotesque isn't revelatory, but rather, it satisfies romantic ideals and desires, or is pursued in effort to escape aggressive bureaucracies that typify Kafka's short stories. This characterizes the ironic aesthetic of The Finer Things. Working in …