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Thomas Wolfe
Scope|Circulating Books|Critical Sources|Periodicals,
Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites
Scope: Thomas Wolfe's novels are fictional accounts of his life at his home in Ashville North Carolina. His autobiographical novel Look Homeward Angel is a blatant criticism of Southern society. This attack angered many people and critics challenged his abilities as a writer. However, one could not dismiss his celebration of American and European life in his works.
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Books of Thomas Wolfe's works are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under" Wolfe, Thomas," and under individual titles, i.e. Look Homeward Angel.
Books written by and about Thomas Wolfe have the call number(s) PS 3545.O337
Some representative books from the circulating collection that is located upstairs in the library are:
Donald, David Herbert. Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe. Boston: Little Brown, 1987.
CRITICAL SOURCES
There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. The following titles are appropriate to this topic:
REF Z1231F4G4 The American Novel 1789-1959: A Checklist of Twentieth-Century Criticism
REF PR 821.C7 1991 Critical Survey of Long Fiction Vol.8
REF PS 21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol.9 American Novelists, 1910-1945
REF PN 771.M3 1991 Major 20th Century Writers Vol.4
REF PS 94.M34 1993 Masterpieces of American Literature
REF Z 1231.F4 K45 1991 The Modern American Novel
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a
list of full text journals available through our
databases in:
WEB
SITES
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Literary Resources on the Net
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html
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Updated
02/08/2007
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