This eBook edition of "Look Homeward, Angel" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is an American coming-of-age story. The novel is considered to be autobiographical and the character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Thomas Wolfe himself. Set in the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, it covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19.
In the book, he renamed the town Altamont and called the boarding house "Dixieland." His family was fictionalized under the name Gant, with Wolfe calling himself Eugene, his father Oliver, and his mother Eliza.
Set in Altamont, North Carolina, this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a restless young man who longs to escape his tumultuous family and his small town existence.
Collects all 58 of the distinguished American author's short stories in order of their first publication
It gave the world proof of his genius and launched a powerful legacy.The novel follows the trajectory of Eugene Gant, a brilliant and restless young man whose wanderlust and passion shape his adolescent years in rural North Carolina.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life ; with an Introduction by Maxwell E. Perkins
Based on the papers of the Wolfe Estate, this biography reveals for the first time the personal life of the major American literary figure and examines his relations with his editors, literary agents, and contemporary writers.
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Yet the language and structure of the novel reads more like Samuel Beckett or James Joyce than it does The Handmaid’s Tale.” —Ploughshares
A large family with a great appetite for living is dominated by the father until an older son, Gant, is able to free himself.