{"product_id":"thomas-wolfe-and-lost-children-in-southern-literature-hardcover","title":"Thomas Wolfe and Lost Children in Southern Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaula Eckard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Paula Gallant Eckard not only explores the utterly teachable \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, she also provides substantive and provocative readings of a wide variety of contemporary Southern fiction. Through her critical analysis and admirable focus on \"lost\" children and children suffering loss, Eckard examines how some contemporary writers provide new stories of the Civil War, the role of other wars in Southern lives, and the centrality of family.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Margaret M. Bauer, Rivers Chair of Southern Literature at East Carolina University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1937, Thomas Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Boy\u003c\/i\u003e gives name to the theme of lost children that has permeated much of southern literature and provides a template for telling their stories. In \u003ci\u003eThomas Wolfe and Lost Children in Southern Literature, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich grew out of many years of teaching \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Boy\u003c\/i\u003e and other works of southern literature, Paula Gallant Eckard uses Wolfe's novel as a starting point to trace thematic connections among contemporary southern novels that are comparably evocative in their treatment of lostness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eckard explores six authors and their works: Fred Chappell's \u003ci\u003eI Am One of You Forever, \u003c\/i\u003e Mark Powell's \u003ci\u003eProdigals, \u003c\/i\u003e Kaye Gibbons's \u003ci\u003eEllen Foster, \u003c\/i\u003e Sue Monk Kidd's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Bees, \u003c\/i\u003eBobbie Anne Mason's \u003ci\u003eIn Country, \u003c\/i\u003e Robert Olmstead's\u003ci\u003e Coal Black Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lee Smith's \u003ci\u003eOn Agate Hill.\u003c\/i\u003e Though each novel is unique and a product of its own time period, all the novels explored here are cast against the backdrop of the South during eras of conflict and change. Like \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Boy, \u003c\/i\u003e these novels reflect a sense of history, a sense of loss associated with that history, and an innate love of story and narrative, as well as representations of work that historically have defined the lives of individuals and families throughout the South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In its artistic treatment of lostness, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Boy\u003c\/i\u003e creates a significant literary legacy. As Eckard demonstrates, that legacy continues in the form of these six contemporary authors who, in writing about the South, perpetuate Wolfe's efforts as they also create or find the lost child in new ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PAULA GALLANT ECKARD is an associate professor of English and the director of the American studies program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaternal Body and Voice in Toni Morrison, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Lee Smith.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAULA GALLANT ECKARD is an associate professor of English and the director of the American studies program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaternal Body and Voice in Toni Morrison, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Lee Smith.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344354468147,"sku":"9781621902454","price":83.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eb-eFCWZdU9781621902454.webp?v=1778725157","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/thomas-wolfe-and-lost-children-in-southern-literature-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}