Towners Call Us a Circus

<p>Reality for 21^st century Americans is increasingly fragmented between electronic, technological, chemical, and societal pressures. <em>Towners call us a circus</em> examines what happens to identity when exposed to ontological plurality, decay, and paradox. Set during the eve of World War I, the narrative follows a circus troupe finds itself in an ontological purgatory of being simultaneously alive and dead as they work to resolve their reality, and thus their identities, as one or the other.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Kelling, Patrick

Contributors dc:contributor

• Selah Saterstrom

• Creative writing
• Fiction
• Arts and Humanities

Statement dc:rights

• <p>Copyright is held by the author. This work may only be accessed by members of the University of Denver community. The work is provided by permission of the author for individual research purposes only and may not be further copied or distributed. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/restrictedetd/51

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:restrictedetd-1054