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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"American essays -- 21st century"”.
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Here, In This Place: An Essay Collection
… of this thesis consists of a collection of essays by Meghan O’Dea entitled Here, In This Place. The introductory essay discusses how the theory of the fragment applies to both the structure and ethos of the personal essay as a literary form, and how defining the personal essay as fragment …
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The Random Occurrence of Parallel Acts
<p>The essays held in this collection when viewed as a whole illustrate the destructive repetitive acts of four generations of addiction and how these acts influenced each coming generation. They also demonstrate the inability to see events clearly when in the middle of turmoil. Through the use of …
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On Unstable Ground: A Journey in Time, Memory, and Place
… of El Salvadors character. Cumulatively, the essays piece together the story of a geographic journey as well as an exploration of history, a second journey that garners an evolving understanding of the events and circumstances that have shaped the nature of that place.'</p>
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Across Water
<p>This dissertation is a collection of essays that examines the authors coming-of-age in terms of religion, race, gender, and family. Using a combination of personal experience, reflection on this experience, and outside research, these essays employ creative nonfiction strategies to find meaning …
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Paydazed and a Song for Shenandoah
… consists of poetry and two non-fiction essays written during my enrollment in the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts program at the University of New Mexico. The manuscript begins with an essay detailing the moment in my life when I started to write again, after a writer\u201fs block …