Date of Graduation
Spring 2019
Degree
Master of Arts in English
Department
English
Committee Chair
Wayne Blackmon
Abstract
Oswic’s simple life changed the day his mother died from poison. After finding a strange cache of trinkets and books in the loft of the barn, he begins to question everything and everyone he has known, including reality. Forced from his land and his home, Oswic takes his plough horse, the few fragments of truth from his life, and leaves Hægelfirth in search of the one person he believes can tell him of his past, the storyteller. But, it won’t be his past he needs to worry about when he starts to slip in and out of reality; seeing the future in strange visions. Believing he is witnessing the effects of the old gods’ magic on the world, Oswic sets off on a quest to destroy every piece of magical writing that exists in England. Will he succeed?
Keywords
historical fiction, magical realism, Old English, dark ages, Kent, prophecy
Subject Categories
Literature in English, North America
Copyright
© Jessica L. Warren
Recommended Citation
Warren, Jessica L., "Fire to Vellum" (2019). MSU Graduate Theses/Dissertations. 3384.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/3384
