You Can Go Home Again; 1973
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0556
- Title
- You Can Go Home Again; 1973
- Description
- This paper by Philip Lightfoot Scruggs revisits and challenges Thomas Wolfe's assertion "You can't go home again" through personal experiences and observations. Scruggs, whose life spanned significant cultural and social changes, explores the nuances of returning to familiar places and the evolving concept of home. He reflects on his diverse career, the impact of the Great Depression, and shifts in his hometown of Lynchburg, using these as lenses to argue that one can indeed "go home again," albeit in a changed world. The paper delves into themes of nostalgia, cultural and personal transformation, and the enduring connections that define "home."
- Date
- 29 November 1973
- Creator
- Scruggs, Philip Lightfoot
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Philip Lightfoot Scruggs
- Scruggs
- 1973
- Thomas Wolfe
- Look Homeward, Angel
- nostalgia
- cultural change
- Great Depression
- personal transformation
- editorial writing
- Southern literature
- concept of home
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Philip Lightfoot Scruggs
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