The Wapshot Chronicle (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: John Cheever
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1890’s-1950’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Regional fiction, Family literature, Satire
- Subjects: Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Tradition, Love or romance, Suicide, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, New York City, New England, Washington, D.C., Life, philosophy of, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Boats or boating
- Locales: New York, NY, Washington, D.C., St. Botolphs, MA
Places Discussed
St. Botolphs. Small Massachusetts town with a distinguished past that has been experiencing an economic, intellectual, and spiritual decline since the middle of the nineteenth century. The town is emblematic of the shift in emphasis from New England to other regions of the United States in postcolonial times. Cheever models St. Botolphs on the classic arrangement of many towns in areas around Boston, with a central square that is the focus of social and commercial life, and other characteristic geographic features like a hill rising above the square, a river...
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