Dark Ride: A Novel in Verse

This novel in verse, titled Dark Ride, is a coming-of-age story set in and around Gibsonton, Florida, a city established in 1949 as a winter home for carnival and circus showpeople. The collection engages with disability studies through the lens of the protagonist—a young woman named Emanuela—and highlights themes of inward and outward gaze, the development of emotional and sexual identity, and the human and the animal. Individual poems describe Emanuela’s life in Gibsonton (“Gibtown”) and her position with a travelling carnival.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor dc:publisher

The Ohio State University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Fabrizio, Alexis Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fagan Grandinetti, Kathy

• Fine Arts
• Literature
• Modern Literature

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1363789108

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:osu1363789108