LEADER 03531nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910780735903321 005 20231219175845.0 010 $a979-82-16-02636-5 010 $a0-313-36544-X 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216026365 035 $a(CKB)2480000000001698 035 $a(MH)011980741-6 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000481126 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12167810 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000481126 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10470284 035 $a(PQKB)11226818 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2055171 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11057261 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL787805 035 $a(OCoLC)910069825 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2055171 035 $a(OCoLC)1395568086 035 $a(UkLoBP)BP9798216026365BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)992480000000001698 100 $a20230825e20202023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTom Wolfe's America $eheroes, pranksters, and fools /$fKevin T. McEneaney 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, CT :$cPraeger,$d2020. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 197 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-313-36545-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface 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 330 $aWhile 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'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. Readers will gain access into Wolfe's world through this detailed and colorful work. 606 $aLiterary Studies 606 $aLiterary studies: general$2bicssc 615 0$aLiterary Studies. 615 7$aLiterary studies: general 676 $a818/.5409 700 $aMcEneaney$b Kevin T.$01484827 801 0$bUkLoBP 801 1$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780735903321 996 $aTom Wolfe's America$93703629 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress