Tom Wolfe's America : heroes, pranksters, and fools

The Resource Tom Wolfe's America : heroes, pranksters, and fools
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Tom Wolfe's America : heroes, pranksters, and fools
Title remainder
heroes, pranksters, and fools
Statement of responsibility
Kevin T. McEneaney
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
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
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Cataloging source
MiAaPQ
Dewey number
818/.5409
Index
index present
LC call number
PS3573.O526
LC item number
.M346 2009
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography

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