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Keywords

Mothers--Fiction; Mothers; Academic theses; Fiction;

Abstract

The collection of short stories bound here have many threads in common-though they vary in significant ways. The mood of each story is somber, yet poignant. Characters and objects come together to create moments of subtle epiphany, or marry two opposites giving birth to a perspective both new and different. It would seem death, dying, and blood pervade the text when in actuality, the maternal, mothers, and mothering are what signal these stories as a complete collection. There is the mother that wonders if she is still a mother when her children are dead; the teenager who becomes both mother and killer as she gives birth to a baby in the woods; the mother waiting for her daughter; the friend who acts as mother; the voices of mothers and the practice of mothering-these moments and more hint at the maternal and create instructive stories for all. Given that humans begin life in the very cavity of a woman, "Waiting for Eve" attempts to understand more of the mystery which was our first home.

Year of Submission

2004

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of English Language and Literature

First Advisor

Grant Tracey

Second Advisor

Jerome Klinkowitz

Third Advisor

Martha Reineke

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Date Original

2004

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1 PDF file (10 leaves)

Language

en

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