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Look abroad, angel
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- JEDIDIAH EVANS is an associate lecturer in writing studies at the University of Sydney.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780820356464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press, (01 February 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 252
- Weight
- 536 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 236 x 25 mm
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