Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Kickaround Nixon (And Other Stories) is a collection made up of four short stories and a novel excerpt. The short stories attempt to systematize the engagement of the individual narrators with their worlds. The novel excerpt--the Kickaround Nixon of Kickaround Nixon (And Other Stories)--is a fictional account of the 1983 U.S. National Videogame Tournament. The novel takes much of its structure from Melville's Moby-Dick, but with the characters of Ishmael and Ahab switched position-wise to better mesh with the zeitgeist of the 1980s. Moreover, the novel attempts to explore the subjects of homosexuality, potentiality spaces, history, and the Information Age.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.F.A.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Campus Access Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English Language and Literatures
- Year
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lockaby, Eric
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Janette T. Hospital
Subjects
dc:subject × 8Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © 2010, Eric Lockaby
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/365
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-1366