Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. PART I THE WRITER
5. SOMETHING OF MY LIFE 3
6. TOM WOLFE AS A STUDENT 8
7. WOLFE'S HARVARD YEARS 18
8. PENANCE NO MORE 33
9. WOLFE AND PERKINS 51
10. SCRIBNER'S AND TOM WOLFE 57
11. THOMAS WOLFE LECTURES AND TAKES A HOLIDAY 64
12. POET OF THE BOOM 77
13. JUSTICE IS BLIND 91
14. PART II THE BOOKS
15. AN INTRODUCTION TO THOMAS WOLFE 103
16. DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL 109
17. THE HAMLET OF THOMAS WOLFE 120
18. THE RIVER OF YOUTH 133
19. GENIUS IS NOT ENOUGH 140
20. THE WEB AND THE ROCK 149
21. A TORRENT OF RECOLLECTION 154
22. PART III THE COMMENTATORS
23. WOLFE'S GENIUS VS. HIS CRITICS 161
24. WOLFE'S DISCOVERY OF AMERICA 179
25. THE METAPHYSICS OF THOMAS WOLFE 195
26. THOMAS WOLFE: REALIST AND SYMBOLIST 206
27. OF TIME AND NEUROSIS 222
28. TIME AS UNITY IN THOMAS WOLFE 239
29. DARK TIME 249
30. THOMAS WOLFE AND JAMES JOYCE: A STUDY IN LITERARY INFLUENCE 263
31. MY DISCOVERY OF THOMAS WOLFE 290
32. THOMAS WOLFE: TWO DECADES OF CRITICISM 298