A Generous Man (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Reynolds Price
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Bildungsroman, Mythological literature
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Dogs, Snakes, Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Adventure
- Locales: North Carolina
The story of the Mustians that Price initiated in A Long and Happy Life is also the focus in A Generous Man, his second novel. The cast of characters is not identical, but enough of them overlap that readers of the first novel will have a sense of identity with the main characters in the second.
The action of A Generous Man takes place nine years before the action of A Long and Happy Life. Wesley Beavers is not a part of the narrative because Rosacoke, now only eleven years old, has not yet met him. Milo, married and a father in A Long and Happy...
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