Awake and Sing! (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Clifford Odets
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Values, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Pragmatism, Class conflict, New York City, Depression, economic, 1930’s, Poverty or poor people, Barbershops or barbers, Working class, Idealism
- Locales: Bronx, NY
Three generations of the Berger family live under one roof. The mother, Bessie, is the glue that has held the family together during difficult times. She is fearful that she, like an old woman on nearby Dawson Street, will be evicted from her home, her belongings put out on the street around her.
Odets has a well-balanced cast in Awake and Sing!. Bessie, whose father, Jakob, a left-leaning idealist, lives in her house, has a subdued husband, Myron, and two children, Ralph and Hennie. She has also taken in a boarder to enhance her slim budget. Appearances mean everything...
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