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1 online resource (209 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. The Manhattan Virginian; CHAPTER 2. Journalism and Hyperbole; CHAPTER 3. Prankster Riddles; CHAPTER 4. From Reporting to Politics; CHAPTER 5. Historian at Edge City; CHAPTER 6. Iconoclastic Culture Shredding; CHAPTER 7. Vanity Rags; CHAPTER 8. Cultural Drift; CHAPTER 9. The Ivory Tower in Ruins?; CHAPTER 10. Vroom! Wolfe's Status in American Literature; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
While The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities remain perhaps his best-known works, Tom Wolfe'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, McEneaney 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' |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Wolfe, Tom -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wolfe, Tom -- Political and social views
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Social values in literature.
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Manners and customs in literature.
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Literature
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Manners and customs
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Manners and customs in literature
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Political and social views
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Popular culture
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Social values in literature
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United States -- In literature
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140537
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United States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313365454 |
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0313365458 |
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