Poor White | Poor White

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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.

Poor White | Poor White

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