Date of Award
Summer 2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
Creative Writing
Committee Director
Sheri Reynolds
Committee Member
Janet Peery
Committee Member
Charles Wilson
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E64 H65 2003
Abstract
This collection of seven short stories explores the experience and expression of love. Love as myth is thematic to some of the stories, as is love as misery. The characters in the stories lose love or misuse it, or they confuse it with other human impulses. The stories dance around the cliche of love and examine it from the perspective of the individual, family, community, and church. Love is the conflict as well as the resolution, and the characters evolve as their understanding of love becomes more or less clear.
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DOI
10.25777/69jc-tm33
Recommended Citation
Holt, Patti E..
"Breathe In, Breathe Out"
(2003). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/69jc-tm33
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/317