Who Sang You Can Never Go Home Again
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| Editor | Edward Aswell (edited and compiled piece of work from writings of Wolfe, published posthumously)[1] |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Wolfe |
| Genre | Autobiographical fiction, Romance |
| Published | New York, London, Harper & Row, 1940 |
| Pages | 743 |
| OCLC | 964311 |
You Can't Go Home Over again is a novel by Thomas Wolfe published posthumously in 1940, extracted by his editor, Edward Aswell, from the contents of his vast unpublished manuscript The October Fair. It is a sequel to The Web and the Rock, which, forth with the drove The Hills Beyond, was extracted from the same manuscript.
The novel tells the story of George Webber, a fledgling author, who writes a book that makes frequent references to his home town of Libya Colina which was actually Asheville, North Carolina. The volume is a national success merely the residents of the town had been unhappy with what they view every bit Webber's distorted depiction of them, send the author menacing letters and death threats.[2] [3]
Wolfe, as in many of his other novels, explores the irresolute American club of the 1920s/30s, including the stock market crash, the illusion of prosperity, and the unfair passing of time which prevents Webber ever being able to return "home again". In parallel to Wolfe's relationship with the Usa, the novel details his disillusionment with Germany during the rising of Nazism.[4] [5] Wolfe scholar Jon Dawson argues that the two themes are continued nigh firmly by Wolfe'southward critique of commercialism and comparison between the rise of capitalist enterprise in the Us in the 1920s and the rise of fascism in Federal republic of germany during the same menstruation.[6]
The artist Alexander Calder appears, fictionalized as "Piggy Logan".[vii]
Plot summary [edit]
George Webber has written a successful novel about his family and hometown. When he returns to that town, he is shaken by the force of outrage and hatred that greets him. Family unit and lifelong friends feel naked and exposed past what they accept seen in his books, and their fury drives him from his habitation.
Outcast, George Webber begins a search for his ain identity. It takes him to New York and a hectic social whirl; to Paris with an uninhibited group of expatriates; to Berlin, lying common cold and sinister nether Hitler's shadow. The journey comes full circle when Webber returns to America and rediscovers it with love, sorrow, and hope.
Title [edit]
Wolfe took the title from a chat with the writer Ella Winter, who remarked to Wolfe: "Don't you know you lot tin can't go home again?" Wolfe then asked Winter for permission to use the phrase as the championship of his book.[8] [nine]
The title is reinforced in the denouement of the novel in which Webber realizes: "Yous can't go back habitation to your family, back home to your babyhood ... back habitation to a young man's dreams of celebrity and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting, simply which are irresolute all the time – back home to the escapes of Time and Memory." (Ellipses in original)[10]
References [edit]
- ^ You Can't Become Abode Again. OCLC Worldcat. OCLC 964311.
- ^ "You Tin't Get Dwelling house Over again". Magill Book Reviews. fifteen March 1990.
- ^ Strauss, Albrecht B. (Jump 1995). "You Can't Get Dwelling Again – Thomas Wolfe and I". Southern Literary Journal. 27 (2): 107–116.
- ^ Godwin, Rebecca (2009). "'You lot Tin can't Go Home Again': Does Nazism Really Transform Wolfe's Romanticism?". Thomas Wolfe Review. 33 (ane/ii): 24–31.
- ^ Hovis, George (2009). "Beyond the Lost Generation: The Death of Egotism in 'You Can't Go Home Again.'". Thomas Wolfe Review. 33 (2): 32–47.
- ^ Dawson, John (2009). "Look Outward, Thomas: Social Criticism as Unifying Element in 'You lot Can't Go Home Again.'". Thomas Wolfe Review. 33 (1/2): 48–66.
- ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (October 10, 2008). "From a Big Imagination, a Tiny Circus". The New York Times . Retrieved January xi, 2014.
- ^ Fred R. Shapiro, ed. (2006). The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 832. ISBN978-0-300-10798-2.
- ^ Godwin, Gail (2011). "Introduction". Y'all Can't Get Habitation Again. Simon and Schuster. p. xii. ISBN9781451650488 . Retrieved 2013-03-05 .
- ^ Madden, David (2012). "'You Tin't Get Dwelling Over again': Thomas Wolfe's Vision of America". Thomas Wolfe Review. 36 (one/ii): 116–126.
External links [edit]
- You Tin can't Go Home Again at Faded Page (Canada)
- Transcript of interview with Susan J. Matt, To The Best Of Our Knowledge radio
archeroppervis1983.blogspot.com
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Go_Home_Again
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