Across the Deep South:a linked story collection

Author

James Maroney

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