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{"value"=>"Series V: Lectures and Appearances"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Series V: Lectures and Appearances contains incoming correspondence; research files; and draft, revised, and transcribed texts of Wolfe's lectures. Also documented are appearances—events at which Wolfe was a featured guest but may not have delivered formal comments. General lecture files from 1978 to 1987 contain rough outlines, lists of topics, and notes, with very few complete lectures. Complete written texts for lectures, dated after 1986, are arranged by lecture or event title; these files may also contain research notes or transcriptions of other lectures delivered at the event. Wolfe's lecture topics draw from his published work in the 1970s and 1980s—art criticism, New Journalism, and general observations about contemporary American culture. Lectures from the late 1980s focus on the use of social realism in novels, outlining Wolfe's assertion that contemporary American novelists had abandoned the genre. Early 21st century lectures on \"The Human Beast,\" including Wolfe's National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, discuss Darwinism, evolution, and the concept of free will.</p> <p>Incoming correspondence regarding lectures and appearances is also found in Series I of the collection; the letters in this series date largely from the 1970s, though requests for appearances during the 1970s are also filed in Series I.</p>"}
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1969
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1969
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2010
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1969
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2010