The Wapshot Scandal (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: John Cheever
- First Published: 1964
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s
- Locales: Rome, Italy
The Work
The Wapshot Scandal reveals the Wapshot family in four principal settings: St. Botolphs, Talifer, Proxmire Manor, and Italy. In all of these locations the atmosphere of spiritual emptiness prevails, and European American characters struggle against the oppressive and morally destructive forces of a mechanized and technological world.
The title might suggest that the Wapshot family is the central focus of the novel, and that Coverly and Moses Wapshot and their wives are major figures, but many auxiliary characters are introduced, and their problems and...
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