Look Homeward, Angel

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Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe's first novel. Published in 1929, it is slightly autobiographical, and Wolfe uses the main character, Eugene Gant, as a stand-in for himself. It shows his maturing from birth to the age of eighteen in the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, which many believe to be a not-so-subtle mirror of his hometown, Asheville, North Carolina. Many of the characters of Look Homeward, Angel were also strongly based on real people from Asheville, and were often not portrayed in a pleasing manner. This resulted in a certain estrangement between Wolfe and his hometown, and it is speculated that this formed some of the basis for his later work, You Can't Go Home Again.

The title comes from the poem "Lycidas" by John Milton.

Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth:
And, O ye Dolphins, waft the hapless youth. (163-164)


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