The Street (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ann Lane
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: The 1940’s
- Setting: Harlem, New York, and suburban Connecticut
- Principal Characters: Lutie Johnson, Jones, Junto, Boots Smith, Mrs. Hedges, Min, Bub, The Chandlers
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: African Americans, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Racism, Sexism, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, New York City, 1940’s, Prostitution or prostitutes, Harlem Renaissance, American Dream, New England, Poverty or poor people, Inner cities or inner-city life, Single parents or single-parent families, Blackmail, Connecticut, Lower classes, Ambition
- Locales: Harlem, NY, Connecticut
The Novel
The Street relates the difficult education of Lutie Johnson, the protagonist; she has not yet learned to read the mythical signs and symbols of American culture with the disbelieving irony required by the conditions of her race and gender. At the opening of the novel, Lutie is intoxicated by such commonplace American images as Benjamin Franklin, self-made individuals, and white picket fences. By the conclusion of the novel, however, Lutie is filled with a new vision of herself, of the society around her, and of her place in that society—a society in which she...
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