A Death in the Family (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: James Agee
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1915-1916
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, South or Southerners, Marriage, Religion, 1910’s, Emotions, Death or dying, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Bereavement or grief, Boys, Mortality
- Locales: South (U.S.), Knoxville, TN
Places Discussed
*Knoxville. Tennessee city that is the novel’s main setting, as the home of Jay and Mary Follet and their two children. The novel begins with a short section titled “Knoxville: Summer 1915,” a poetically evocative description of summer evenings that breaks into free verse. After supper, as daylight fades and children run around yelling and playing, relaxed fathers, collars removed and shirt cuffs peeled back, are outside watering their lawns with hoses. This scene competes with the natural sounds and sights of locusts, crickets, frogs, and fireflies,...
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