Look Abroad, Angel: Thomas Wolfe and the Geographies of Longing Contributor(s): Evans, Jedidiah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820356468 ISBN-13: 9780820356464 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $55.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Modern - 21st Century |
Dewey: 813.52 |
LCCN: 2019042779 |
Series: New Southern Studies |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 252 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) was one of the most influential southern writers, widely considered to rival his contemporary, William Faulkner--who believed Wolfe to be one of the greatest talents of their generation. His novels-- including Look Homeward, Angel (1929); Of Time and the River (1935); and the posthumously published The Web and the Rock (1939) and You Can't Go Home Again (1940)--remain touchstones of U.S. literature. 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. Instead of promoting and reinforcing a narrow and cloistered formulation of the writer as merely southern or Appalachian, Evans places Wolfe in transnational contexts, examining Wolfe's impact and influence throughout Europe. In doing so, he de-territorializes the response to Wolfe's work, revealing the writer as a fundamentally global presence within American literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Evans, Jedidiah: - JEDIDIAH EVANS is an associate lecturer in writing studies at the University of Sydney. |