Thesis
This dying machine
- Creator
- Rights statement
- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 2020
- Thesis identifier
- T15517
- Person Identifier (Local)
- 201366198
- Qualification Level
- Qualification Name
- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- The following Creative Writing PhD thesis consists of two parts: the original novel‘This Dying Machine’ and a critical exegesis. The novel “This Dying Machine” is setin Glasgow in 1922. Having returned to Scotland from First World War France andsuffering from neurasthenia, the protagonist, Robert Grant, struggles to reintegrateinto Glasgow life. Amidst a backdrop of strange events that plague the city, Roblearns that his brother-in-arms Victor has gone missing. Resolving to search for hisfriend, Rob uncovers an uncanny and sinister force that threatens not only Victor butalso humanity itself. The exegesis that follows the novel provides a criticalcommentary and exploration of the Creative Writing PhD dissertation, focusing onthe development of the novel and its emergent poetics, its intertextuality and place inthe literary canon, and how it contributes to the field of Creative Writing.
- Advisor / supervisor
- Fabb, Nigel
- Resource Type
- Note
- Previously held under moratorium from 18th March 2020 until 18th March 2025.
- DOI
- Date Created
- 2020
- Former identifier
- 9912787993402996
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