Thomas Wolfe and Lost Children in Southern Literature

“Paula Gallant Eckard not only explores the utterly teachable The Lost Boy , 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.” —Margaret M. Bauer, Rivers Chair of Southern Literature at Ea