Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Kardos, Michael
Committee Member
Hagenston, Becky
Committee Member
Lyons, Richard
Date of Degree
5-2-2009
Original embargo terms
MSU Only Indefinitely
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only
Major
English
Degree Name
Master of Arts
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
Abstract
Across the Deep South: A Linked Story Collection focuses on the establishment and reestablishment of themes that reflect the mutability of characters over time, along with the equally mutable notion of identity found within the cultural context of the modern Southern United States. The stories follow the paradigm of Sherwood Anderson’s linked story collection Winesburg, Ohio in that character and geographical location combine over the course of multiple stories to recontextualize theme and character development through intertextual cohesiveness. Preceding the collection of stories is a critical introduction that considers the linked story collection as an independent form of fiction occupying a distinct space between the non-interrelated short story collection and the novel.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16316
Recommended Citation
Maroney, James, "Across the Deep South:a linked story collection" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 366.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/366