Work

Breathe In, Breathe Out

Year: 2025

Type: dissertation

Abstract: This collection of seven short stories explores the experience and expression of love. Love as myth is thematic to some of the stories, as is love as misery. The characters in the stories lose love or misuse it, or they confuse it with other human impulses. The stories dance around the cliche of love and examine it from the perspective of the individual, family, community, and church. Love is the conflict as well as the resolution, and the characters evolve as their understanding of love becomes more or less clear.

Source: ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University)

DOI: 10.25777/69jc-tm33

Author: Holt, Patti Eldridge

Institution: Old Dominion University

Language: English

Topic: Short Stories in Global Literature

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6908467646

Cites:

Cited by:

Related to: