Blest be the tie

Author

Jane Sasser Coffey

Date of Award

6-1985

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Major

English

Major Professor

John M. White

Committee Members

William Shurr, Marilyn Kallet

Abstract

Storytelling is asserted to be one of the important bonds that held together a family in Goose Creek, North Carolina, during the 1960's and 1970's. Stories from five members of this family were tape recorded; six were then transposed into fictive short stories. These stories cover a period from 1934 to 1984. They work together to create the impression of an entire family. Seventeen poems are included to further establish a sense of time, place, and community. The short stories and poems are intertwined in seven sections according to chronology. Throughout the work, the importance of a deceptively simple way of life is affirmed.

Recommended Citation

Coffey, Jane Sasser, "Blest be the tie. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1985.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/13957