Term of Award
Spring 2017
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English (M.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Literature and Philosophy
Committee Chair
Olivia Edenfield
Committee Member 1
Joe Pellegrino
Committee Member 2
Caren Town
Committee Member 3
Brad Edwards
Committee Member 3 Email
bradedwards@georgiasouthern.edu
Abstract
In the late twentieth century, Breece Pancake carried on the American pastoral tradition by both featuring and modifying characteristics of early American pastoral literature. Breece Pancake does not directly imitate his predecessors, but instead brings the spirit of the nearly 200-year-old tradition in which he participates to a twentieth-century audience. Part of the enduring relevance of the literature in the American pastoral tradition, including The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake, is that at the heart of these stories is a theme that has defined and continues to shape the American experience: the struggle with living in liminal spaces.
Recommended Citation
Blackburn, Christopher, "The American Pastoral Tradition and The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake" (2017). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1587.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1587
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
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