All the King's Men (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Penn Warren
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Roman à clef
- Subjects: Journalism or journalists, Power, personal or social, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, 1920’s, 1930’s, Blackmail, Politicians, Assassination, Corruption, Scandal, Bribery
- Locales: South (U.S.)
All the King's Men, which won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, has sometimes been called the best political novel written in the United States. Nevertheless, its emphasis is on the private psychological roots of action that is played out on a public political stage. The social milieu is authentically drawn, with redneck farmers pitted against entrenched aristocratic families.
Jack Burden is in between the political forces, initially simply a spectator and a reporter from an upper-middle-class background, watching with curiosity and a certain fascination as a man from the...
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