The Middle Ground (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Drabble
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The late 1970’s
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Kate Armstrong, Evelyn Stennett, Ted Stennett, Hugo Mainwaring
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: 1970’s, Self-discovery, Journalism or journalists, Memory, Politics, Gender roles, Nature, Social issues, Friendship, Pregnancy, England or English people, Feminism, Women’s issues, Single parents or single-parent families, Adultery, City life, Divorce, Abortion, Middle age, Career women
- Locales: England
The Novel
The Middle Ground examines the experience of characters who are entering middle age; the vantage point is that of the postwar generation which came to maturity in the 1960’s—the bright, privileged beneficiaries of the sexual revolution who must struggle to find their place in a world of changing values and expectations. Kate Armstrong, Ted and Evelyn Stennett, and Hugo Mainwaring are all involved in careers that have lost their initial luster, and they face difficult family situations as well. Kate speaks to Hugo ironically of her “midlife crisis,” both...
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