Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938) was an American novelist born in Asheville, North Carolina, a place he would immortalize—and scandalize—in his fiction. He studied at the University of North Carolina and earned a master's degree from Harvard, where he wrote plays before turning to the novel. Look Homeward, Angel, published in 1929 with the editorial guidance of the legendary Maxwell Perkins at Scribner's, drew so transparently on Wolfe's own family and community that he was effectively exiled from Asheville for years. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Look Homeward, Angel.