The Bulwark (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Theodore Dreiser
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1890 to the mid-1920’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, Suicide, Nineteenth century, New York City, 1910’s, 1920’s, Pennsylvania, Rape, Philadelphia, Faith, Ethics, Business or business people, Idealism, Banks, bankers, or banking, Society of Friends or Quakers
- Locales: New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Atlantic City, NJ, Madison, WI
Places Discussed
Thornbrough. Home of the Barnes family near Dukla, Pennsylvania. The novel’s main character, Solon Barnes, is a native of Maine, where his father farmed and had a modest business in town until he moved the family to Pennsylvania to aid his widowed sister-in-law. His family soon occupies Thornbrough, a decrepit pre-Civil War home along a country byway. Restoration of the house to its former elegance prompts reflection upon the spiritual legitimacy of material comfort, prosperity, and wealth. Because Quaker belief endorses simplicity, not merely in dress but...
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