New Southern Studies Look Abroad, Angel: Thomas Wolfe and the Geographies of Longing, (Paperback)

<p>Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) was one of the most influential southern writers, widely considered to rival his contemporary, William Faulkner--who believed Wolfe to be one of the greatest talents of their generation. His novels--including <i>Look Homeward, Angel </i>(1929); <i>Of Time and the River </i>(1935); and the posthumously published <i>The Web and the Rock </i>(1939) and <i>You Can't Go Home Again </i>(1940)--remain touchstones of U.S. literature. </p><p>In <i>Look Abroad, Angel</i>, Jedidiah Evans uncovers the "global Wolfe," reconfiguring Wolfe's supposedly intractable homesickness for the American South as a form of longing that is instead indeterminate and expansive. Instead of promoting and reinforcing a narrow nd cloistered formulation of the writer as merely Southern or Appalachian, Evans places Wolfe in transnational contexts, examining Wolfe's impact and influence throughout Europe. In doing so, he de-territorializes the response to Wolfe's work, revealing the writer as a fundamentally global presence within American literature.</p>

• New Southern Studies Look Abroad, Angel: Thomas Wolfe and the Geographies of Longing, (Paperback)
• Author: Jedidiah Evans
• ISBN: 9780820381312
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-10-01
• Page Count: 252