Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Murphy, Patrick J
URN	etd-09042003-155801
Title	Catching Up: A Collection
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	English, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Janet Burroway Committee Chair Elizabeth Stuckey-French Committee Member Mark Winegardner Committee Member Peter Ruppert Committee Member Virgil Suarez Committee Member
Keywords	Short Stories Florida Parent-Child Relationships
Date of Defense	2005-06-01
Availability	restricted
Abstract This is a collection of short stories in fulfillment of the Florida State University Ph.D. dissertation requirement. The collection contains eight stories. Its title is Catching Up: A Collection. The stories form a type of sequential narrative, in that they are ordered by the age of the protagonist. In the one story where there are three protagonists, an average of sorts is drawn. The collection, therefore, travels from childhood to old age, gaining what insights it may from each time period. In doing so, it crosses gender boundaries. All of the stories can be thought of as related to Florida in some manner, though in “Port and Starboard Liberty” the connection is somewhat tangential, and no attempt was made to treat Florida as a thematic element. Rather, the collection is heavily concerned with the problems inherent in the parent-child relationship and the consequences of lost love.
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