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Thomas Wolfe and His Editors : Establishing a True Text for the Posthumous Publications
author
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Field, Leslie A.
publisher
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University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin
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0806120959
print isbn13
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9780806120959
ebook isbn13
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9780585148199
language
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English
subject
Wolfe, Thomas,--1900-1938--Criticism, Textual, Authors and publishers--United States--History--20th century, Autobiographical fiction, American--Criticism, Textual, Aswell, Edward C.--(Edward Campbell),--1900-1958, Editing.
publication date
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1987
lcc
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PS3545.O337Z69 1987eb
ddc
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813/.52
subject
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Wolfe, Thomas,--1900-1938--Criticism, Textual, Authors and publishers--United States--History--20th century, Autobiographical fiction, American--Criticism, Textual, Aswell, Edward C.--(Edward Campbell),--1900-1958, Editing.
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Thomas Wolfe and His Editors
Establishing a True Text for the Posthumous Publications
by Leslie Field
University of Oklahoma Press Norman and London
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Edited by Leslie Field
Thomas Wolfe's Purdue Speech: "Writing and Living" (with William Braswell) (West Lafayette, Ind., 1964)
Thomas Wolfe: Three Decades of Criticism (New York, 1968)
The Autobiography of an American Novelist (Cambridge, Mass., 1983)
Permission to quote from the Thomas Wolfe manuscripts in Harvard University's Houghton Library and the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, is gratefully acknowledged from Paul Gitlin, Administrator CTA of the Estate of Thomas Wolfe.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Field, Leslie A. Thomas Wolfe and his editors. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938Criticism, Textual. 2. Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938Editors. 3. Aswell, Edward C. (Edward Campbell), 1900-1958. 4. Editing. I. Title. PS3545.0337z69 1987813'.5287-40207 ISBN 0-8061-2095-9 (alk. paper)
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.
Copyright 1987 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First edition.
Page v
To Joyce
Page vii
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments
xi
1. Introduction
3
Part One Writing and Editing
2. Writer and Editors: A Controversy
15
3. A Writer's Plans
32
4. An Editor's Discards
65
Part Two Cameo Test Cases
5. The Web and the Rock: "The Quarrel"
100
6. You Can't Go Home Again: "Young Icarus"
118
7. The Hills Beyond: "Old Man of the Tribe"
135
8. The Story of a Novel and Writing and Living: The Autobiography of an American Novelist
151
Part Three Thomas Wolfe and His Editors
9. A Contemporary True Text
169
10. Conclusion
179
Notes
197
Bibliography
203
Index
213
Page ix
ILLUSTRATIONS
Thomas Wolfe
33
Manuscript Page of The Web and the Rock
102
Typescript Final-Draft Page of The Web and the Rock
103
Maxwell Perkins
120
Manuscript Page of You Can't Go Home Again
122
Typescript Final-Draft Page of You Can't Go Home Again
124
Manuscript Page of The Hills Beyond
137
Typescript Final-Draft Page of The Hills Beyond
140
Elizabeth Nowell
161
Edward C. Aswell
185
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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Scholarship abhors a vacuum. The present study is no exception. My interest in Wolfe goes back many years; a number of people and events have shaped the direction of my research and writing during this time. This current book is a redirected effort which began as an investigation of the autobiographical nature of Wolfe's fiction. For some time a working title
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