Finished "Look Homeward, Angel"; snack on HPL 1918 "Dagon"
Wolfe's novel ends with his protagonist/shadow Eugene freshly graduated from 4 years at UNC "Pulpit Hill", presumably with a liberal arts / general studies baccalaureate and heading to Harvard at age 19? 20? A sensitive and imaginative youth shaped in the shadow of a father who modern analysts would call narcissistic, further sculpted by a heartbreaking romantic deception at 15 and the death of his closest brother Ben at 18, Eugene arrives at the novel's denouement still absent any clear sense of direction, purpose, or self-image. I considered following with Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" but that's not the generally-applicable survey the title might suggest.
Wolfe's novel ends with his protagonist/shadow Eugene freshly graduated from 4 years at UNC "Pulpit Hill", presumably with a liberal arts / general studies baccalaureate and heading to Harvard at age 19? 20? A sensitive and imaginative youth shaped in the shadow of a father who modern analysts would call narcissistic, further sculpted by a heartbreaking romantic deception at 15 and the death of his closest brother Ben at 18, Eugene arrives at the novel's denouement still absent any clear sense of direction, purpose, or self-image. I considered following with Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" but that's not the generally-applicable survey the title might suggest.