Emerson thesis -- Writing, literature, and publishing
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2041 Collections and/or Records:
Bell, 2005
Item — Item 0113502785513: [Barcode: 0113502785513]
Overview
Olivia Knox is a brilliant but uninspired young pianist struggling to understand her worth as an artist and an adult. When Olly's childhood best friend Isabel Graham dies suddenly, Olly returns for the funeral, inadvertently entangling herself with the gr
Dates:
2005
Bell City and other stories, 1995
Item — Item 0113501179577: [Barcode: 0113501179577]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1995
Belladonna, 2011
Item — Item 0113503036650: [Barcode: 0113503036650]
Overview
Inspired by Homer's The Odyssey, the novel Belladonna seeks to explore the questions: What would happen if a siren fell in love with a mortal man and they had a child? What would that child be like? Half of the novel follows opera-singer Alevtina Morozov
Dates:
2011
Belongings : my place in the West, 2000
Item — Item 0113502543045: [Barcode: 0113502543045]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
2000
Below the Bloody Sea, 2023
Item
Identifier: pf_2023spring_wallen_jocelyn.pdf
Overview
"This thesis is Act 1 of a queer fantasy romance novel with an estimated ending word count of 90-100 thousand words. It is a dual point of view work that follows Jarryn Hadeon, the captain of a cursed, mermaid-hunting vessel, and Trig Kaicero, a trans man on a journey to deliver his late mother's ashes to their ancestral homeland. The work aims to lovingly investigate queer love, the ways in which our lineage changes and challenges us, and the depth of experience of queer identities through...
Dates:
2023
Bending the reed, 1999
Item — Item 0113501951918: [Barcode: 0113501951918]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1999
Beneath the Light of Three Moons, 2022
Item
Identifier: pf_2022spring_lagro_kallyn.pdf
Overview
"After centuries beneath the rule of the tyrannic Dawa dynasty, the magic of Lunata has been sequestered to near extinction. With a child of the full moon being born just once every few generations, it seems fated when the second Dawa prince is be born with the bloodline. As the rest of the empire is subjected to religious persecution if caught worshipping the ancient lunar gods; Vestu-In, Rehsin and Sihn-Rah, the outlook for Lunata seems bleak. But when it comes to light that all three...
Dates:
2022
Beside the mountain, 2011
Item — Item 0113503033335: [Barcode: 0113503033335]
Overview
This memoir is based on my father's diagnosis of dementia at the age of forty-eight. While describing his descent into the crippling effects of early onset Alzheimer's disease, my own gradual coming of age is detailed as a difficult journey filled with de
Dates:
2011
Beside the Wine Dark Sea, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_burke_anna.pdf
Overview
"'Beside the Wine Dark Sea' is a novel-length retelling of Homer's 'The Odyssey' from the perspective of three female characters: Penelope, her handmaid Melantho, and the goddess Athena. The story explores familial, class, and gender relations in mythic Mycenean Greece, though some liberties are taken with historical facts. As Athena narrates, the two mortal protagonists struggle against the relentless onslaught of Penelope's suitors, all the while grappling with the calamitous effects of...
Dates:
2021
Besieged in Boston, 1998
Item — Item 0113501837745: [Barcode: 0113501837745]
Overview
Besieged in Boston is a comedy of manners and errors involving six modern characters who, through unconventional means and exploits, attempt to ground their lives and the lives of those around them. This full-length, feature screenplay investigates contem
Dates:
1998
Best eyes : stories of growing up and seeing things, 2009
Item — Item 0113502964654: [Barcode: 0113502964654]
Overview
This collection of essays is about the human experience of growing up. It's also about the eyes-good ones, bad ones, lost ones, new ones, eyes to see, eyes to understand, eyes to forgive, and eyes to marvel. -- abstract.
Dates:
2009
Better off without me, 2009
Item — Item 0113502964787: [Barcode: 0113502964787]
Overview
A collection of short stories predominantly representing pursuits in the genres of realism and strained realism. -- abstract.
Dates:
2009
Between Deaths, 2021
Item
Identifier: cw_2021spring_turner_charles.pdf
Overview
"The purpose of this thesis is to showcase eight individual stories of fiction that are connected by distinct literary themes. These themes include parenthood and its subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle fallabilities [sic]; emotional disorientation; and the complexities of individualism. In lieu of traditional happy endings, I am examining how characters with unfortunate circumstances can learn to accept themselves for who they are, rather than who they are not. The goal behind this is...
Dates:
2021
Between prairie and sky, 1996
Item — Item 0113501607445: [Barcode: 0113501607445]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1996
Between the rows, 2003
Item — Item 0113502664445: [Barcode: 0113502664445]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
2003
Beyond : the guide to traveling and living abroad, 1999
Item — Item 0113501951868: [Barcode: 0113501951868]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1999
Beyond the Horizon, 2020
Item
Identifier: cw_2020spring_peterson_erin.pdf
Overview
"This memoir is the story of a 6,000-mile road trip, a journey undertaken to understand my father's suicide and grapple with the guilt of not having seen it coming. I embark on a quest to reconnect with my siblings, who are scattered throughout the country, and to find and gather what is left with our father gone. Driving over mountains and prairies and deserts, I find hope and companionship in a small furry creature at my side: a dog who came unexpectedly into my life just before I left."...
Dates:
2020
Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper, 1997
Item — Item 0113501732680: [Barcode: 0113501732680]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1997
Big picture : a magazine, 2002
Item — Item 0113502658546: [Barcode: 0113502658546]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
2002
Big Time Tief, 2021
Item
Identifier: cw_2021spring_felix_winelle.pdf
Overview
"This thesis is a collection of fictional stories linking together the brokenheartedness of locational displacement. The stories closely follow characters toggling back and forth between a past they once knew and a present they will never belong to. These stories explore central themes of the American Dream concerning Caribbean migration, isolation, and assimilation, all present in the landscape that is the American society." -- Abstract
Dates:
2021