Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Major/Program
Creative Writing
First Advisor's Name
Lynne Barrett
First Advisor's Committee Title
Major Professor
Second Advisor's Name
John Dufresne
Third Advisor's Name
Heather Blatt
Keywords
English, Creative Writing, Fiction, Novel
Date of Defense
3-3-2014
Abstract
VISITATIONS, a novel, explores themes of haunting and desire in New York City, in two time periods. The modern-day action focuses on Alan Philips whose wife, Beth, has recently died. His efforts to resume a normal life are sabotaged by what he comes to believe is her ghost. In the parallel story, in 1924, Oliver Nathan Blackburn, a pulp writer, in the midst of a breakdown writes a story that may play a role in Beth’s death.
VISITATIONS presents Alan and Oliver’s perspectives in third person narration, so that the reader is both close to and may question the subjectivity of their perceptions. The book employs a black-comic tone for the contemporary period and a more formal one for Oliver’s sections.
Identifier
FI14040862
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Joseph, "Visitations: A Novel" (2014). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1267.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1267
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