Poor White (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherwood Anderson
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1880-1900
- Setting: Missouri and Ohio
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Factories, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Socialism, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Midwest, Ohio, Small-town life, Missouri, Inventions or inventors, Industrialization, Elopement
- Locales: Ohio, Missouri
Characters Discussed
Hugh McVey, a Midwestern American whose genius for inventing and manufacturing machinery accounts for his rise from drab poverty to material success. He is, according to many critics, Anderson’s example of the force that produced the problems attendant on the impact of technology upon rural America at the turn of the century.
Steve Hunter, McVey’s partner in business. He is a capable publicist who convinces the town fathers of Bidwell to invest in a plant to manufacture McVey’s invention. The plant makes the town prosperous.
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