Type

Text

Type

Thesis

Advisor

Douglas Howard. | Reeves, Robert | Rosenblatt, Roger

Date

2010-08-01

Keywords

death, family, gravedigger, graverobber, obsession, transience of life | Literature, American -- Literature, Modern -- Literature, General

Department

Department of Creative Writing and Literature

Language

en_US

Source

This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/70893

Publisher

The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.

Format

application/pdf

Abstract

This thesis is a novel that plunges into the depths of one man's obsession with death, dying, and the past as he struggles with guilt over the accidental killing of his parents. Through his seemingly narrow view of the world, traversing back and forth in time and place, the importance and meaning of objects, the transience of life, and the inevitability of mortality are examined.

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