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Entelechy: A Selfish Bible

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As entelechy denotes the absolute attainment of potential, Entelechy: A Selfish Bible seeks to examine what it means to become. Pursuing ideas of identity, relationship, and sacrifice, this collection of short stories and poems looks to discover what it is to be a being -- not only through its themes, but through its formal experimentation as well. Both the varied structures of each piece and the overall structure of the work -- a mimicry of the form of the Christian Bible -- seek the possibility of complete identity and fulfillment. In ranging from mythic recreations to choose your own adventures to unreal creatures to oft-recurring images (like the octopus) or lines, Entelechy embraces the multitudinous nature of an individual, and also humankind, by being both diverse and recurrent.

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Publisher

ProQuest

Language

English

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1961/11085

Committee co-chairs

Kyle Dargan; Danielle Evans

Degree discipline

Creative Writing

Degree grantor

American University. Department of Literature

Degree level

  • Masters

Degree name

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, American University, 2011

Local identifier

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Media type

application/pdf

Pagination

227 pages

Call number

Thesis 9675

MMS ID

99127327923604102

Submission ID

10021

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