Thomas Wolfe Interviewed, 1929-1938 (Southern Literary Studies) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0807112291 ISBN 13: 9780807112298

Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1985

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The first complete version of Mannerhouse will be of more interest to Wolfe scholars than to theater professionals. (Harper and Brothers published a heavily edited text in 1948.) Editor Rubin affirms in the introduction that its importance ``lies not in its success, or lack of it, as an actable, readable play, but in its being a milestone along the way to Look Homeward, Angel. '' The play concerns the decline of an aristocratic Southern family, ruined by the Civil War. The hero is the sensitive younger son Eugene, who is a forerunner of Wolfe's most famous character, Eugene Gant. For research libraries. Thomas Wolfe Interviewed consists of 25 newspaper interviews and one magazine article with an introduction and notes. The editors have performed a small service in making them accessible, but only readers who demand every last scrap of material about Wolfe will be interested. Wolfe says nothing particularly profound; and, given the journalistic conventions of his day, it is likely that most of the direct quotes are not in his own exact words. Stephen A. Fulchino, Medford P.L., Mass.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807112291
• ISBN 13: 9780807112298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 135
• Editor: Magi Aldo P., Walser Richard Gaither