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Mollusk, Membrane, Human Heart
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Valente, Anne E.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1267128791
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Year and Degree
2010, Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Bowling Green State University, Creative Writing/Fiction.
Abstract
This thesis presents a collection of short stories united by the common theme of loss, and how human beings cope with the various permutations of grief that each stage of life can bring. As such, the collection moves from stories of childhood, to adulthood, and finally, to parenthood. Though the stories are not linked by common characters or settings, they share an overarching progression from childhood to parenthood, and the losses that human beings may meet along the way. In addition to the theme of loss, the collection explores a variety of other themes and subjects, including communication, violence, caretaking, security, masculinity, femininity, vulnerability, and care of the earth. Aside from initiation into the possible losses of each life stage, the collection also explores the possibilities for hope, magic and transcendence within the human experience.
Committee
Wendell Mayo (Committee Chair)
Theresa Williams (Committee Member)
Lawrence Coates (Committee Member)
Pages
207 p.
Subject Headings
Fine Arts
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Language Arts
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Literature
Keywords
fiction
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short story collection
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Valente, A. E. (2010).
Mollusk, Membrane, Human Heart
[Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1267128791
APA Style (7th edition)
Valente, Anne.
Mollusk, Membrane, Human Heart.
2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1267128791.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Valente, Anne. "Mollusk, Membrane, Human Heart." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1267128791
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