Literary masterpieces : Look homeward, angel

Literary Masterpieces is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Topics and Literary Masters). Each Literary Masterpieces volume chooses a book by one of the authors covered in Literary Masters and offers a discussion of themes, characters, comparisons with social events of the era when the book was written and a critical analysis. Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life, was published in 1929, and was Thomas Wolfe's first book. The novel recounts the physical, mental, and emotional life of Eugene Gant, the autobiographical protagonist, through the first twenty years of his life.