Platitudes (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Trey Ellis
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: The mid-1980’s and the 1930’s
- Setting: New York City and rural Georgia
- Principal Characters: Dewayne Wellington, Isshee Ayam, Earle Tyner, Dorothy LaMont, Darcelle LaMont, Janey Rosebloom, Captain Nat Mee, Stevie, Richard
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: African Americans, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Blacks, Love or romance, Authors or writers, New York City, Writing, 1930’s, 1980’s, Novelists, Georgia
- Locales: New York, NY, Georgia
The Novel
Platitudes is a novel within a novel that tells two parallel love stories. The first story concerns the romance of high schoolers Earle Tyner and Dorothy LaMont. The second story is about the growing attraction of authors Dewayne Wellington and Isshee Ayam. The romance of the two authors develops while Dewayne is writing the story of Earle and Dorothy, called Platitudes. These two stories are periodically interrupted by parodies of aptitude test questions, menus, song lyrics, and different comic lists.
At the beginning of their story, Earle and...
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