St. Cloud State University theRepository at St. Cloud State Culminating Projects in English 5-2020 “Where have we come and where shall we end?”: An Examination of Patrick McHale’s Over the Garden Wall as a Contemporary Otherworld Journey Kayla Justice Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/engl_etds Recommended Citation Justice, Kayla, "“Where have we come and where shall we end?”: An Examination of Patrick McHale’s Over the Garden Wall as a Contemporary Otherworld Journey" (2020). Culminating Projects in English. 159. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/engl_etds/159 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by theRepository at St. Cloud State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Culminating Projects in English by an authorized administrator of theRepository at St. Cloud State. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “Where have we come and where shall we end?”: An Examination of Patrick McHale’s Over the Garden Wall as a Contemporary Otherworld Journey by Kayla Justice A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of St. Cloud State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English: English Studies May, 2020 Thesis Committee: Matt Barton, chairperson Michael Dando Christopher Lehman 2 Abstract Voyages to the underworld, upperworld, and worlds aside have historically populated global literary and theological traditions. Any analysis of an otherworld voyage must take into consideration the deeply set theological origins of this trope. However, in addition to the more traditional underworld, upperworld, and Purgatory voyages there exists a fourth type of otherworld journey: the fantastic.