The Audacity to Live

Critical Introduction

Abstract

This is a critical introduction from a thesis project: a creative nonfiction collection of personal essays titled The Audacity to Live. The critical introduction is an interrogation of the student’s work with a focus on creative influences, craft influences, and market considerations. The author was an English graduate student, and their faculty mentor was Professor Rob Davidson. This paper utilized the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style, which is typical for papers in this discipline and used in-text citations.