1900-1938

Explores the life and career of novelist Thomas Wolfe, from his birth in Asheville, North Carolina in 1900 to his early death in 1938.

Entries provide information on the life and works of Thomas Wolfe, discussing his childhood, his college work, his early writings, his reputation, and other related topics.

A brief biography of the author, Thomas Wolfe, and an analysis of his works including Look Homeward, Angel and You Can't Go Home Again.

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.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Thomas Wolfe was born and raised in North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He wanted to become a playwright but instead his writings became more autobiographical, with fictional characters, and he began to be known as someone who was defining the characteristics of the American writer. At the same time he also retained some ties to the "lost generation", that group of writers affected with disillusionment because of World War I and its aftermath.

Survey's the career and achievement of early twentieth-century American author Thomas Wolfe, examining his autobiographical novels and stories in an attempt to separate fact from fiction; and includes a chronology of Wolfe's life, as well as biographical information.