Date of Award
Spring 2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
Creative Writing
Committee Director
John McManus
Committee Member
Robert Arnett
Committee Member
Janet Peery
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E64 W555 2010
Abstract
The stories in this collection concern the suburban demography as an American landscape, as unique as Manhattan or the West Coast or the Mississippi River or the Arizona desert, with its own lore, mythos, and expectations. These stories attempt to retell those myths and ask why expectations fall short, when they do.
These stories are similar in their exposition and context: male viewpoint characters who live in middle class neighborhoods and communities and spend their days battling anxiety and paranoia and fear and mystery and confusion. Each story represents a piece of suburbia and how a specific landscape and culture can influence generations of humans in a similar and misinformed way.
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DOI
10.25777/vkww-qm58
Recommended Citation
Williamson, David.
"Other People's Houses"
(2010). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/vkww-qm58
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/462