The Web and the Rock (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Wolfe
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Europe or Europeans, New York City, Novelists, Adultery, North Carolina, Creative process
- Locales: New York, NY, Europe, North Carolina
In the preface to this novel, written approximately four months before his death, Wolfe announced that he had turned away from the books he had written in the past; he had intended rather to create a hero whose discovery of life and the world takes place, by his standards, on a more objective plane. Other ways in which the pattern of his earlier works had been varied are evident. Although The Web and the Rock was based upon his early life and experiences, those portions dealing with childhood and adolescence were allotted comparatively less space. There is correspondingly more...
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