The Land of Plenty (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Cantwell
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early 1930’s
- Setting: A small mill town in western Washington State
- Principal Characters: Hagen, Johnny, Carl Belcher, MacMahon, Winters, Walt Connor, Ellen, Marie Turner, Rose MacMahon
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Psychology or psychologists, Depression, economic, Working class, Economic conditions, Sociology
- Locales: Washington
The Novel
The Land of Plenty is divided into two parts and covers a few tense days in a strike at a veneer plant in western Washington. While little time passes in the novel, Robert Cantwell manages to convey fully both the socioeconomic forces and the psychological tensions in this workplace. Part 1, “Power and Light,” covers less than an hour, but it is a gripping depiction of the confused actions in that brief time. The first chapter opens, “Suddenly the lights went out.” A failure at the power house away from the plant is the cause, but the factory is now in...
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