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  2. www.atlasobscura.com › places › thomas-wolfes-angelThomas Wolfe's Angel – Hendersonville, North Carolina - Atlas ...

    Aug 11, 2022 · The angel statue immortalized in Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel, Look Homeward, Angel, now marks a grave at the Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Look_Homeward,_AngelLook Homeward, Angel - Wikipedia

    The angel was then moved to that town's Oakdale Cemetery. The boarding house run by Eugene Gant's mother, based on one run by Wolfe's mother, has been called "the most famous boardinghouse in American fiction." The title of Thomas Wolfe's novel comes from the John Milton poem "Lycidas": "Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth:

    • Thomas Wolfe
    • 1929

  4. visithendersonvillenc.org › businesses › lookWolfe’s Angel Statue - Welcome To Hendersonville, NC

    The exact angel statue Wolfe referenced can be found marking a grave in Hendersonville's Oakdale Cemetery. Thomas Wolfe’s father, W.O. Wolfe, sold the statue to the Johnson family to mark their family plot. Oakdale Cemetery is located on Highway 64 West, just a short distance from downtown.

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  6. www.literarytraveler.com › articles › thomaswolfeThomas Wolfe: Look Homeward Angel | Literary Traveler

    Oct 17, 1997 · The actual stone angel that inspired Wolfe is not far from the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. It stands in Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, NC, just twenty-two miles south of Asheville. A road sign alerts one to the cemetery, where on a gently sloping incline, the angel, surrounded by a small iron gate, rises peacefully and silently.

  7. archive.nytimes.com › thomas-wolfes-angel-of-deathThomas Wolfe's 'Angel' of Death - The New York Times

    May 1, 2009 · The white marble Angel carved by Wolfe Senior that so inspired Thomas, the son, sits next door to my house in North Carolina in the Hendersonville cemetery. Whenever I am in the United...

  8. www.enotes.com › topics › look-homewardLook Homeward, Angel Analysis - eNotes.com

    Dive deep into Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion ... Angel: A Story of the Buried Life, 1929, reprint, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Further ...

  9. historicsites.nc.gov › all-sites › thomas-wolfe-memorialThomas Wolfe Memorial | NC Historic Sites

    Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 N. Market St. Asheville, N.C. 28801. Hours Tuesday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday, and most major holidays. Admission Adults - $5; Children - $2. Pre-registered adult groups are $2.50 per person. School groups are $2 per person. Contact 828-253-8304 wolfe@dncr.nc.gov