Thomas, Michael P. (Michael Paul)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Birdman : memoir in memoriam, 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Van
Identifier: b7931462
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2023
Confessions of a late blooming baby boomer and other lies, 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Doy
Identifier: b7931664
Abstract
The intention of this manuscript is to explore through poetry the challenges and blessings of growing up in a strict Irish Catholic household from the late Eisenhower years through the Nixon years and everything in between.
Key Words: family, Irish Catholic, religion, politics, body, sin, shame, ekphrasis, childhood, adolescence, poetic forms.
Dates:
2023
Orchidelirium, 2015
Item — Call number MU Thesis Gly
Identifier: b7667247
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2015
Something to remind me, 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cla
Identifier: b7931463
Abstract
This memoir encompasses Clark’s experiences as a transgender man with an evangelical upbringing. Spanning from his early childhood through his first year out of high school, Clark explores generational and religious trauma, as well as familial, platonic, and romantic relationships.
Keywords: Gender identity, religion, sexuality, grief, trauma, relationships
Dates:
2023
The contemporary American wasteland of Infinite Jest, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Yar
Identifier: b7929339
Introduction/Overview [excerpt]
As scholar Cory Hudson notes, a paradigmatic shift has occurred in the way that critics read David Foster Wallace's fiction in the wake of the author's 2008 suicide. This shift has seen readings of Wallace's fiction turn away from the texts themselves and begin instead in para-textual materials such as interviews and personal writings. This causes scholars to often conflate their interpretations of the texts with details from Wallace's personal life (especially his own troubles with...
Dates:
2019