Unholy Loves (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Plot: Stream of consciousness
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: Woodslee, New York, 250 miles north of New York City
- Principal Characters: Brigit Stott, Alexis Kessler, Albert St. Dennis, Oliver Byrne, Marilyn Byrne, Warren Hochberg, Vivian Hochberg, Lewis Seidel, Faye Seidel, Gladys Fetler, Gowan Vaughan-Jones, George Housley, Mina Housley, Stanislaus Chung, Leslie Cullendon, Babs Cullendon, Barry Swanwon, Brad Keough, Joe Cuff
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Love or romance, Novelists, Colleges or universities
- Locales: New York, Woodslee, NY
The Novel
Comprising five sections, each subdivided into short chapters, Unholy Loves moves through an academic year in the lives of the members of the English department at Woodslee University in upstate New York. Each section is introduced by a date on which a social event occurs: September 1, November 5, December 31, March 8, and May 10. At the center of each event is the presence or absence of Albert St. Dennis, famous English poet-in-residence, whom more prestigious universities have failed to attract to their campuses. The action of the novel takes place in the...
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