Soaring on words of living flame: Flights of Narrative Fancy in Clyde Edgerton's The Floatplane Notebooks and In Memory of Junior

Record #:

19764

Author(s):

Edwards, Tim

Abstract:

North Carolina author Clyde Edgerton created his own fictional universe in Hansen County, North Carolina. Based upon the small town he grew up in and including many of the characters and locales of his childhood, Edgerton's literary cosmos also includes his celebration of the ties that bind individuals, their families, and their shared histories together.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 12, 2003, p31-43, il

Subject(s):

Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-; Authors--North Carolina