Windows of the Heart: The Correspondence of Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts

by Thomas Wolfe and Ted Mitchell

The first publication of decades of correspondence between Wolfe and the teacher he deemed "the mother of my spirit"

Thomas Wolfe remains one of the least understood of the major twentieth-century American writers, but his relationship with his most influential teacher sheds new light on his creative genius and on the nurture of creativity in general. Edited by Ted Mitchell, Windows of the Heart collects seventy-five letters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570036748
• ISBN13: 9781570036743
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful look into history

If you are a Thomas Wolfe fan or even just a history buff, you will enjoy this book. Letter writing is a lost art. We don't express our feelings and thoughts in the way Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts did. And of course getting a real view into their relationship made one consider how valuable teachers really are and how they can truly help shape a young person.

A "must-read" for anyone seeking to understand more about Wolfe's life and works.

Windows of the Heart: The Correspondence of Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts collects seventy-five letters exchanged between twentieth-century author Thomas Wolfe and his influential grade-school teacher, Margaret Roberts, whom he called "the mother of my spirit". These writings reveal their complicated relationship, and a driving force in Wolfe's life and personal growth. For her part, Roberts was one of Wolfe's strongest supporters of his literary potential since his talent shined through in a writing contest he won at age eleven. Now their letters are published in their entirety for the first time, along with forty-two black-and-white photographs; the result is a welcome addition to literary studies shelves and a "must-read" for anyone seeking to understand more about Wolfe's life and works.