The Adventures of Augie March (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Saul Bellow
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: 1920-1950
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Values, Crime or criminals, 1940’s, Antiheroes, 1920’s, 1930’s, Chicago, Jews or Jewish life, Theft, Wealth, Materialism
- Locales: Mexico, Paris, France, Chicago, IL, Buffalo, NY
Places Discussed
*Chicago. Growing midwestern metropolis whose diversity and harshness in the post-Depression era create opportunities and conflicts at every corner. The novel alludes to the city’s ethnic diversity but pays greater attention to its economic diversity and variety of locales. Augie’s coming-of-age is shaped by place as he brims with hope and imagined possibilities yet struggles against economic realities, competing ideas and desires, the manipulations of friends and strangers, and freedom of choice in an economic downturn. Chicago offers Augie philosophers,...
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