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Filtering by: Creator Belant, Jerrold L. Advisor Betjemann, Peter J. Decade 2000-2009

Patriarchal power and punishment : the trickster figure in the short fiction of Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, and Joyce Carol Oates

Creator:

Strempke-Durgin, Heather D.

Abstract:

This thesis is an exploration of how male trickster figures operate in the Gothic fiction of 20th century American female authors. Specifically, I look at the short stories “The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson, “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

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