The Inhabitants (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Wright Morris
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Cultural anthropology
- Time of Work: The early 1940’s
- Setting: The continental United States, mostly the Midwest and California
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans
Form and Content
Wright Morris has had a lengthy, productive career as an American novelist. Beginning with My Uncle Dudley (1942), he has shown the often-comic struggle of Americans, mostly Midwesterners and Californians, to understand the complexities of a bewildering, ever-changing, hostile world. Among the many awards Morris’ fiction has received are the National Book Award, for The Field of Vision (1956), and the American Book Award, for Plains Song: For Female Voices (1980). Morris has also written an extensive amount of nonfiction, including...
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