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Pig Iron: Stories of Appalachia

McGuire, Matthew C
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429180352

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2015, Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Bowling Green State University, Creative Writing/Fiction.
Pig Iron is a study of Appalachia, of the land and the people. The land comes first, because it is a place where the environment so heavily informs the attitudes and behaviors of its occupants. Appalachia is a land that was settled by escaped slaves, convicts, and other societal outcasts. These were rough and unlearned frontiersman and their families who scraped a meager living from a harsh world and were grateful because it meant being free from a society that did not want or value them. That rebel spirit survives in these stories. In my fiction I’ve attempted to synthesize the essentials of this unique terrain and the people who call it home. These characters are ugly and flawed. Morality is a luxury they cannot afford to indulge. My stories deal with many themes common to literary fiction—death, violence, loss, shame, and pride—but it focuses these themes through an Appalachian lens.
Wendell Mayo, PhD (Advisor)
Lawrence Coates, PhD (Committee Member)
114 p.
Fine Arts
Southern Ohio; Appalachia; Violence; Masculinity; Poverty; Rural Life; Blue Collar; Regionalism; Fiction; Short Stories

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  • McGuire, M. C. (2015). Pig Iron: Stories of Appalachia [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429180352

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McGuire, Matthew. Pig Iron: Stories of Appalachia. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429180352.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McGuire, Matthew. "Pig Iron: Stories of Appalachia." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429180352

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