The Last Educations: Genre, Place, and the American University consists of three interlocking novellas dealing with themes of change and dislocation in contemporary Texas, focused on the institution of the modern university, an institution that itself is undergoing rapid and irreversible change. Crucial to the dissertation is a thorough understanding and demonstrated proficiency of the genre of the novella. The creative text will illustrate how the novella can be used to achieve narrative depth and insight into the changing social context of the contemporary individual; the critical introduction will discuss the history of the genre and its emergence in recent years as a powerful vehicle for the depiction of change. The overall subject of the creative text is change, and the ways in which individuals react to change—changes to the institutions to which they devote their lives, and changes in the localities and regions they inhabit. The immediate setting for the novellas is the contemporary university, an institution currently undergoing transformations which will have implications for all of American society.

Honors Thesis (English)--Oberlin College, 2002. / Title from home page. "The evolution of a disembodied body of work"--Title frame animation. Description of resource as of: July 29, 2003. Includes bibliographical references.

“Luke Tower sat in front of his laptop, staring first at the unyielding, blinking cursor and then to the bright red “8:05” displayed on his alarm clock. He always made sure to hide the taskbar on his screen, so that time was never an issue, but somehow it always managed to find him in one way or the other.” In many ways, this opening passage sums up Luke’s story. His life is almost a constant state of battle, whether it’s against writer’s block, time, or his unrealized feelings. Through the following story, Luke’s character takes a journey, searching for clues to the mystery of the colony of Roanoake, that may also end up leading him to find other things in his own life, some of which he wasn’t even aware were lost. / Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Department of English

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1992. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [207]-230).

Thesis--University of Pennsylvania, 1933. / Ms. inscription "For teacher ..." signed: G.F.S. Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [210]-215).

Tesi di laurea--Basel.

Thesis--Copenhagen. / "Litteratur": p. [417]-419.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 338-346). Available also in a digital version from UMI Company.

Thesis--University of Pennsylvania, 1933. / Ms. inscription "For teacher ..." signed: G.F.S.