Of Time and the River

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Of Time and the River is a 1935 autobiographical novel by Thomas Wolfe that continues the story begun in Look Homeward, Angel, following protagonist Eugene Gant’s coming-of-age and artistic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical novel
novel
author Thomas Wolfe NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
follows Look Homeward, Angel NERFINISHED
genre autobiographical fiction
bildungsroman
coming-of-age novel
hasCharacter Eugene Gant NERFINISHED
isPartOf Thomas Wolfe’s Eugene Gant cycle NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm fiction
literaryMovement modernism
literaryStyle lyrical prose
stream-of-consciousness elements
mainCharacter Eugene Gant NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor expansive, autobiographical narrative
originalLanguage English
protagonist Eugene Gant NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1935
seriesContinuationOf Look Homeward, Angel NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 20th century
theme American experience
ambition
artistic development
coming of age
family relationships
search for identity
time and memory

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Look Homeward, Angel followedBy Of Time and the River
Charles Scribner's Sons notableWorkPublished Of Time and the River