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Author:

Eckard, Paula Gallant, author.

Title:

Thomas Wolfe and lost children in Southern literature / Paula Gallant Eckard.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

The University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxvi, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Wolfe, Thomas,--1900-1938.--Lost boy.
Wolfe, Thomas,--1900-1938--Influence.
Wolfe, Thomas,--1900-1938.
Lost boy (Wolfe, Thomas)
Missing children in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
American literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Missing children in literature.
Southern States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The roots of lostness -- Thomas Wolfe and the legacy of The lost boy -- Storytelling as refuge: Fred Chappell's I am one of you forever -- Memory and obsession in Appalachia: Mark Powell's prodigals -- Survival in the New South: Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons -- Crossing racial boundaries: Sue Monk Kidd's The secret life of bees -- Lost generations and war: In country by Bobbie Ann Mason -- Narrative and war: Robert Olmstead's Coal black horse -- Finding self among the ruins: On Agate Hill by Lee Smith.

ISBN:

1621902455
9781621902454

OCLC:

(OCoLC)922220812

LCCN:

2015037641

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)