Look Homeward, Angel
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Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Look Homeward, Angel (play) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
coming-of-age novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Look Homeward, Angel
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surface form:
Look Homeward, Angel (play)
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| adaptationType | stage play ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Wolfe ⓘ |
| basedOn | Thomas Wolfe's early life ⓘ |
| containsElement |
regional detail of the American South
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semi-autobiographical characters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| debutWorkOf | Thomas Wolfe ⓘ |
| fictionalTownName | Altamont ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Of Time and the River ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical novel
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coming-of-age fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
eccentric family members
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impoverished boardinghouse residents ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTownBasedOn | Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | major work of American literature ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
highly descriptive
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lyrical ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eliza Gant
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Eugene Gant ⓘ W. O. Gant ⓘ |
| marketedAs | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed autobiographical elements
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lyrical prose style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| protagonist | Eugene Gant ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setting |
Altamont, North Carolina
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Gant family dynamics
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youth of Eugene Gant ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
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coming of age ⓘ family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ small-town life ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | line from John Milton's poem "Lycidas" ⓘ |
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Look Homeward, Angel (play)