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Wolfe, Thomas Clayton

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Wolfe, Thomas Clayton (1900–38) US writer. His reputation rests on his sequence of four sprawling autobiographical novels, Look Homeward, Angel (1929), Of Time and the River (1935), The Web and the Rock (1939), and You Can't Go Home Again (1940). His reputation rests on his sequence of four sprawling autobiographical novels, Look Homeward, Angel (1929), Of Time and the River (1935), The Web and the Rock (1939) and You Can't Go Home Again (1940).

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Thomas Clayton Wolfe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Thomas Clayton Wolfe Thomas Clayton Wolfe (1900-1938) was an American novelist of prodigious talent and equally formidable failings. His highly autobiographical novels are notable for fervent energy, uninhibited emotion, and grandly rhetorical...
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Wolfe, Thomas [Clayton] (1900–1938), was born...success in writing novels reminiscent of Wolfe's own; his kindly relation and later...In addition to his lengthy fiction, Wolfe published short stories, From Death...
Wolfe, Thomas Clayton
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Wolfe, Thomas Clayton (1900–38), American novelist, made his name with his...the Rock (1939) and its sequel You Can't Go Home Again (1940). Wolfe's undisciplined work owed much in its published form to editorial assistance...

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