Tom Wolfe's America: heroes, pranksters, and fools
While The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities remain perhaps his best known works, the author's journalism and fiction continues to enjoy a large audience, perhaps chiefly because of the variety of his subjects and his controversial approach to them. Here, he offers an account of the ma...
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2009
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| Zusammenfassung: | While The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities remain perhaps his best known works, the author's journalism and fiction continues to enjoy a large audience, perhaps chiefly because of the variety of his subjects and his controversial approach to them. Here, he offers an account of the man and his works, explaining along the way Wolfe's use of irony, his obsessive themes, and even his use of pranks. More comprehensive in scope than any preceding book on Wolfe, it offers accurate and accessible commentary based upon what Wolfe admits about his own work. In this new book, Wolfe's work is put in journalistic and literary context. The reliability of Wolfe's journalism is discussed, especially when there are alternative narrations to events he has depicted. McEneaney also examines the Wolfe's use of pranks that he plays on readers at times, and uncovers the influences on Wolfe that have contributed to his unique style. Finally, the author discusses Wolfe's impact on other writers. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 197 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780313365447 |
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Titel: Tom Wolfe's America
Autor: McEneaney, Kevin T.
Jahr: 2009
Contents
Preface ix
chapter 1. The Manhattan Virginian 1
chapter 2. Journalism and Hyperbole 9
chapter 3. Prankster Riddles 25
chapter 4. From Reporting to Politics 55
chapter 5. Historian at Edge City 75
chapter 6. Iconoclastic Culture Shredding 95
chapter 7. Vanity Rags 103
chapter 8. Cultural Drift 123
chapter 9. The Ivory Tower in Ruins? 143
chapter 10. Vroom! Wolfe's Status in American Literature 163
Notes 171
Bibliography 187
Index 193 |
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