Tree of Knowledge

It is psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who most often attempt the formal study of consciousness: it is writers who observe the impossibility of any such study. In the spirit of Joseph O'Neill, Muriel Spark, and J.K. Rowling, with reference to cross-disciplinary th...

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Main Author:	Smith, Catherine
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Published:	ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2019
Subjects:	knowledge weird short story dark humor redemption
Online Access:	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/englmfa_theses/107 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=englmfa_theses

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spelling	ndltd-UMASS-oai-scholarworks.umass.edu-englmfa_theses-11252021-07-22T05:15:33Z Tree of Knowledge Smith, Catherine It is psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who most often attempt the formal study of consciousness: it is writers who observe the impossibility of any such study. In the spirit of Joseph O'Neill, Muriel Spark, and J.K. Rowling, with reference to cross-disciplinary thinkers like Donella Meadows, Douglas Hofstadter, and Rudy Rucker, Tree of Knowledge concerns itself with the mystery of mystery and the knowledge of knowledge. This collection of short stories bespeaks the human observer's paradoxical situation in all its the diverse implications, including moral confusion, tragedy, and violence, but also comedy, beauty, and the possibility of transcendence. 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarworks.umass.edu/englmfa_theses/107 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=englmfa_theses MFA Program for Poets & Writers Masters Theses Collection ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst knowledge weird short story dark humor redemption
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