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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Thomas Wolfe; Thomas Wolfe; Thomas Wolfe |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jedidiah Evans |
ISBN: | 9780820356457 082035645X |
OCLC Number: | 1138875547 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Part 1: Home. Chapter one. Unearthing the Buried Life: Wolfe's Readers and the Culture Crisis -- Chapter two. Homesick for Unknown Places: Longing and the Imagined South -- Part 2: Abroad. Chapter three. "The Measureless Realm of Elfland": Wolfe, Germany, and Sehnsucht -- Chapter four. "The Geography of Heart's Desire": German Writers, Fascism, and the Translation of Thomas Wolfe -- Part 3: Endurance. Chapter five. Dances with Wolfes: The Postwar Legacy, Transpacific Impact, and Martian Resurrection of Thomas Wolfe -- Conclusion |
Responsibility: | Jedidiah Evans. |
Abstract:
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) was one of the most influential southern writers. In Look Abroad, Angel, Jedidiah Evans uncovers the ""global Wolfe,"" reconfiguring Wolfe's supposedly intractable homesickness for the American South as a form of longing that is instead indeterminate and expansive.
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