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Roses and Foxes

Delatte, Isabella Imber
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors155472117699106

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2019, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
Freshman college student Marty Gallagher believes there’s something paranormal in the town of Rosenberg, and he intends to find it. However, Marty’s discovery of the paranormal creates more questions than it answers, chiefly, why is Rosenberg so strange? Gradually, six other students at Rosenberg State University find themselves involved in Marty’s quest: flirtatious, brilliant Adonis Montgomery, who believes in strange gods; sporty, sociable Nora Park, who is adamant that magic does not exist; her twin brother Nathaniel Park, in love with Adonis; Sebastiana “Bash” Bordignon, storyteller; Ronan Kendrick, who is delighted by anything strange; and small-town farmboy Scott Hayward, who doesn’t actually care if magic is real or not. Scott – Smallville to his new friends – only wants to recover from the anxiety and depression that made him drop out of college the first time around, something with which his friends and his dog seem to be helping. Marty’s strange quest frames Bash’s short stories, too, of which there are three, each exploring a different genre and literary concept: (1) adventure novels, in the style of Indiana Jones, with influence from Arabic and Persian mythology; (2) Egyptian mythology combined with tragedy; and (3) a darker superhero story with hints of detective noir. The different genres Bash explores highlight the central problem Marty is facing in understanding Rosenberg: is Marty dealing with aliens or gods, time travelers or the supernatural?
Matthew Shank (Advisor)
Stephanie Siciarz (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Howard (Committee Member)
Michael Sanders (Committee Member)
331 p.
Literature
fiction; science fiction; fantasy; urban fantasy; mythology; Egyptian mythology; paranormal investigation; queer literature

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  • Delatte, I. I. (2019). Roses and Foxes [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors155472117699106

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Delatte, Isabella. Roses and Foxes. 2019. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors155472117699106.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Delatte, Isabella. "Roses and Foxes." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors155472117699106

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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