Unfaltering Flame : A Linked Essay Collection
Date
2021-11Author
Nesja, Stephanie
Advisor(s)
Hollars, B.J.
Patterson, Molly
Fink, Steven R.
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Unfaltering Flame represents Stephanie Nesja's exploration of faith from childhood into adulthood. Along the way, she encounters various forms of grief, including losing a close friend after high school and an aunt in her thirties. Additionally, Nesja struggles with finding her identity, a prospect made even more difficult following her father's divorce after 25 years of marriage. Presented as a linked essay collection, each of the four essays focus on the major themes of faith, grief, and places of importance. These themes ultimately form a collaborative bond by the end of Nesja's essays, linking together the literal and metaphorical moving throughout each physical location in relation to her journey of grieving multiple hardships in her life. Places explored include a small community in Honduras, as well as a beloved wine bar once owned by her aunt, and her father's house in Nesja's hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. As she struggles to understand her evolving identity, Nesja recognizes the role of her spiritual growth from childhood to adulthood and how it has shaped the woman she has become.
Subject
Coming of age--Wisconsin--United States
Social service--Religious aspects
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Eau Claire (Wis.)
Families--Wisconsin
Grief
Spiritual life
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/84894Type
Thesis
Description
PDF with 59 pages of text, table of contents (page iv), and references (pages 58-59).