Wolfe ALWAYS appealed to me with his gorgeous prose. With favorite Writers, it's not so much the Story they tell but moreover, the WAY they tell the Story. IMO, I rarely find a Film based on Book better than the Book itself. I think, with some Writers & Stories, its a shame that people depend on the Film to know a Story and bypass the Book. I know many people differ from my opinion but doubt I'll ever feel differently :) LOVE Documentaries - so enjoy my early Sunday Morning Documentary Viewing - ESPECIALLY this Series!! Thanks to whomever posts them! :)
These Documentaries on all of the Authors have inspired me to re-read SO many Books again! Just when I re-organized and donated an entire Shelf of Books, its filling up again!! lol
Look homeward Angel was heavily edited by Maxwell Perkins and in fact the reviewers of the time felt that Perkins was almost a co-writer, and this detraction from what wolf felt should have been credit given solely to him, was the main reason for their falling out- but hundreds and hundreds of pages were edited out of the book which were recently added, but to dubious effect. My personal feeling about the book having ready twice, is that there are sections in it which are sublimely beautiful and there are sections in it which still seem to me like unnecessary digressions a 20 year old novice writer. But the beautiful parts more than make up for it and you were also struck by his unflinching honesty throughout the book. He spares no one including himself, which also caused him a great deal of distress during his lifetime. Wolf died very young and his energy was such that I believe it could have served him well into later adulthood. Another one of those tragedies.
Thomas Wolfe is Eugene Gant in Look Homeward Angel and Of Time and The River and then he was an only child in The Web And The Rock and You Can't Go Home Again.
This is unbearable. The renaissance music is way too loud and completely inappropriate for the subject matter. I wish there were some good content about Thomas Wolfe on TH-cam
If you don’t know of Look Homeward Angel, then you must have just randomly stumbled across this documentary. It was Wolfe’s big breakthrough novel. It’s what made him famous, and it’s autobiographical. As for the narrator, Richard Walser was North Carolina’s most well known literary historian. He’s the perfect host for such a program.
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Wolfe ALWAYS appealed to me with his gorgeous prose. With favorite Writers, it's not so much the Story they tell but moreover, the WAY they tell the Story. IMO, I rarely find a Film based on Book better than the Book itself. I think, with some Writers & Stories, its a shame that people depend on the Film to know a Story and bypass the Book. I know many people differ from my opinion but doubt I'll ever feel differently :) LOVE Documentaries - so enjoy my early Sunday Morning Documentary Viewing - ESPECIALLY this Series!! Thanks to whomever posts them! :)
These are great.
Keep'em coming.
These Documentaries on all of the Authors have inspired me to re-read SO many Books again! Just when I re-organized and donated an entire Shelf of Books, its filling up again!! lol
This was excellent! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the effort. Love Maestro Wolfe since the first time I recieved this book
My favorite writer! Thanks for this video!
Thank you for this excellent video.
Didn't know much about Wolfe's life! Thanks!
When was this recorded? I had met Professor Walser some 35 years ago at an annual Thomas Wolfe Society meeting in Chapel Hill...
1983. That's pretty cool
Please no music. It's hard to hear the speaker, narrator.
The music adds nothing, but interferes with hearing the speaker.
only 1 word to describe thomas wolfe inside and out. Beautiful.
The 64-bit Nintendo background music really makes this video.
Look homeward Angel was heavily edited by Maxwell Perkins and in fact the reviewers of the time felt that Perkins was almost a co-writer, and this detraction from what wolf felt should have been credit given solely to him, was the main reason for their falling out- but hundreds and hundreds of pages were edited out of the book which were recently added, but to dubious effect.
My personal feeling about the book having ready twice, is that there are sections in it which are sublimely beautiful and there are sections in it which still seem to me like unnecessary digressions a 20 year old novice writer.
But the beautiful parts more than make up for it and you were also struck by his unflinching honesty throughout the book. He spares no one including himself, which also caused him a great deal of distress during his lifetime.
Wolf died very young and his energy was such that I believe it could have served him well into later adulthood. Another one of those tragedies.
I love Southern writers past and present.
The musical background drowns out the speaker.
Oh my god he’s my great great uncle in my great grandma‘s uncle
That's really cool. I always love it when the descendants drop by 👍
How exciting 💙
For real?
hes an amazing person. i cried after watching his movie.
@@Twnty-FifthBam - What movie?
I can't tell what he is saying when he says the name of the book. Is he saying Look of the angel?
Look Homeward, Angel
Thankfully
danke thank you
The background music is completely unneccessary. Really. Just cut it out please.
Don Williams brought me here
Listening to this narrator is like watching paint dry.
What a great looking young boy and man
Thomas Wolfe is Eugene Gant in Look Homeward Angel and Of Time and The River and then he was an only child in The Web And The Rock and You Can't Go Home Again.
Don Williams brought me here.
This is unbearable. The renaissance music is way too loud and completely inappropriate for the subject matter. I wish there were some good content about Thomas Wolfe on TH-cam
I wish the background music was louder. I can still hear people talking.
😍
Still not edited enough. Particularly for the modern reader.
This Write Like is not as well done as the others. Th narrator is so so
Please reissue this with all music deleted. Distraxting, annoying, irrelevant music.
Mo
Angels what lol his accent is too much and old days I can't understand the name of the novel
Seriously? You're joking yes? I assume you are but if not, the novel is called Look Homeward Angel.
! ?? ! ?.....I'm from UK and we love a Southern accent . !
If you don’t know of Look Homeward Angel, then you must have just randomly stumbled across this documentary. It was Wolfe’s big breakthrough novel. It’s what made him famous, and it’s autobiographical. As for the narrator, Richard Walser was North Carolina’s most well known literary historian. He’s the perfect host for such a program.