"The King of Love" is a creative dissertation. It is a novel focusing on the struggles of the African-American community to bridge gulfs and divides within itself. The location and setting of the story are in the present day and revolve heavily around the historical black community of Tallahassee, Florida known as Frenchtown. In the tradition of Randolph Fisher's "Walls of Jericho", the novel is primarily steeped in the genre of the detective mystery and offers elements of satire throughout its narrative. As with Walter Moseley's highly influential Easy Rawlins detective series, issues of class, race, culture and heritage are at the forefront of the story. This lead to the employment of the first person point of view, which best captured the humor, flavor and idiosyncrasies of the Frenchtown inhabitants as well as its supporting characters. / A Dissertation submitted to the English Department in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / . / May 6, 2004. / Tallahassee, C.K. Steele, Frenchtown / Includes bibliographical references. / Virgil Suarez, Professor Directing Dissertation; Maricarmen Martinez, Outside Committee Member; Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Committee Member; Darryl Dickson-Carr, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_182218 |
| Contributors | Hobbs, Willie (authoraut), Suarez, Virgil (professor directing dissertation), Martinez, Maricarmen (outside committee member), Stuckey-French, Elizabeth (committee member), Dickson-Carr, Darryl (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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