The Wheels of Heaven, a noir fable, chronicles the adventures of a man after he loses the one thing he cares about most, his wife. Combining the determinism of a Fritz Lang movie with the revenge themes found in samurai stories, it affirms the idea that good prevails. Sooner or later, no matter the odds, good always prevails. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2004. / Date of Defense: October 13, 2004. / Detective, mystery, novel / Includes bibliographical references. / Virgil Suarez, Professor Directing Dissertation; Ernest Rehder, Outside Committee Member; Deborah Coxwell Teague, Committee Member; Douglas Fowler, Committee Member.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168074 |
Contributors | Armstrong, Stephen Blodgett (authoraut), Suarez, Virgil (professor directing dissertation), Rehder, Ernest (outside committee member), Teague, Deborah Coxwell (committee member), Fowler, Douglas (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
Publisher | 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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