All the King’s Men (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Penn Warren
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late 1920’s and early 1930’s
- 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.)
Places Discussed
Southern state. Unnamed state in the Deep South that appears to be modeled on Louisiana, whose governor Huey P. Long had a political career during the 1930’s closely resembling that of Warren’s fictional governor, Willie Stark. Warren always denied that Willie Stark, the corrupted politician at the center of the novel, was a fictional version of Huey P. Long. However, there are many parallels between his fictional state and Louisiana, and there can be little doubt that Louisiana’s famous populist governor was the inspiration for the fictional Stark.
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