Dec 4, 2008

The Adventures of Augie March | The Adventures of Augie March

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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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The Adventures of Augie March | The Adventures of Augie March

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