Title page for ETD etd-07122004-165224

Type of Document

Dissertation

Author

Hobbs, Willie

Author's Email Address

meroe365@yahoo.com

URN

etd-07122004-165224

Title

The King of Love

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

English, Department of

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Virgil Suarez	Committee Chair
Darryl Dickson-Carr	Committee Member
Elizabeth Stuckey-French	Committee Member
Maria Del C Martinez	Committee Member

Keywords

Tallahassee
C.K. Steele
Frenchtown

Date of Defense

2004-05-06

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

“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.

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