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Beschreibung
Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel is a monumental autobiographical novel of youth, family, and artistic awakening in early twentieth-century America. Centered on Eugene Gant, a sensitive boy growing up in the fictional town of Altamont, it transforms the raw materials of provincial life-domestic conflict, ambition, grief, sexuality, and longing-into a sweeping lyrical narrative. Its expansive sentences, emotional intensity, and near-epic accumulation of detail place it between modernist experimentation and the American tradition of the bildungsroman. Wolfe drew deeply from his own upbringing in Asheville, North Carolina, and from his turbulent effort to convert memory into art. The Gant family closely reflects Wolfe's own household: a stonecutter father, a possessive mother involved in boardinghouse life, and siblings marked by affection and resentment. Educated at the University of North Carolina and Harvard, Wolfe brought theatrical training, literary ambition, and personal exile to a work that seeks to recover the lost world of childhood. This novel is recommended to readers who value passionate prose, psychological richness, and the drama of becoming an artist. It rewards patience with an unforgettable portrait of American youth and the ache of home.
Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel is a monumental autobiographical novel of youth, family, and artistic awakening in early twentieth-century America. Centered on Eugene Gant, a sensitive boy growing up in the fictional town of Altamont, it transforms the raw materials of provincial life-domestic conflict, ambition, grief, sexuality, and longing-into a sweeping lyrical narrative. Its expansive sentences, emotional intensity, and near-epic accumulation of detail place it between modernist experimentation and the American tradition of the bildungsroman. Wolfe drew deeply from his own upbringing in Asheville, North Carolina, and from his turbulent effort to convert memory into art. The Gant family closely reflects Wolfe's own household: a stonecutter father, a possessive mother involved in boardinghouse life, and siblings marked by affection and resentment. Educated at the University of North Carolina and Harvard, Wolfe brought theatrical training, literary ambition, and personal exile to a work that seeks to recover the lost world of childhood. This novel is recommended to readers who value passionate prose, psychological richness, and the drama of becoming an artist. It rewards patience with an unforgettable portrait of American youth and the ache of home.
Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9788028338817
ISBN-10: 802833881X
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Wolfe, Thomas
Hersteller: Sharp Ink
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas Wolfe
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.11.2023
Gewicht: 0,485 kg
Artikel-ID: 128159965