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| author | Jared Fowler |
| title | An All-Right Town |
| abstract | An All-Right Town examines the Hoboken arson fires and the gentrification of Hoboken in the 1980s through the
genre of fiction. Hoboken is caught between big city ideas and small town ideals, with stories and characters all their own. The novel has the feel
of a folktale while maintaining its historical accuracy. It examines the themes of comraderie and friendship as well as the morality of change. Change
itself is the central theme of the book, the characters both reacting to change and fighting change within themselves. At the core of the book is the
role that tradition, by any definition of that word, plays in the lives of people. In the story, these characters seem bound by traditions, some of
which make very little sense to others. Encompassed in these traditions are the family and friendship bonds that Edward Fitzgerald and other characters
test.
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| school | The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University |
| degree | D.Litt. (2017) |
| advisors | Robert Ready
Carol Wipf |
| committee | Robert Ready
Carol Wipf |
| full text | JFowler.pdf |
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