The Mound Builders (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lanford Wilson
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Existentialism
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: Urbana and Blue Shoals, Illinois
- Genres: Existential literature, Drama, Psychological drama, Allegory
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Love or romance, Marriage, Progress, Archaeology or archaeologists
- Locales: Blue Shoals, IL, Urbana, IL
Characters Discussed
Professor August Howe, an archaeologist. A serious scientist, he is methodical, organized, industrious, and idealistic. At forty years of age, he is the leader of an archaeological expedition in the hills of southern Illinois that is about to unearth significant remnants of ancient Indian civilization. Accustomed to quietly maintaining control, he creates the play’s narrative framework by flashing slides on a screen and dictating instructions to his secretary, thus permitting flashbacks to the sequence of events from the previous summer in which he plays...
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