Date of Award
1-1-2013
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
M.F.A. in Creative Writing
Department
English
First Advisor
Tom Franklin
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
This collection of stories discusses themes of identity, masculinity, and the movement of time, both conceptually and literally. Yet while these matters are frequently apparent throughout, the collection is at heart less a unified fictive front, and far more a representation of constantly shifting considerations in form, language, and structure. The arrangement of stories, beginning with the most recently written and continuing in reverse from there, allows for the evolution of artistic intent to become visible over the course of the collection in a way a more conventionally organized group of stories would not.
Recommended Citation
Allen, Christopher, "Quiet till the bombs go off" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1184.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1184