Wonderland (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, New York City, 1940’s, Midwest, Doctors, 1930’s, Chicago, Child abuse, Adoption or adopted children, Canada or Canadians, Michigan, Obesity, Insomnia
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Wisconsin, Toronto, Canada, Ann Arbor, MI
Wonderland bears certain rough similarities to A Garden of Earthly Delights. It follows three generations of a family through stages of rage, searching, and emptiness. It offers critical comment on the lust for knowledge and power. It spans a particular period of American political and economic history. It moves irregularly, with sudden shifts and changes. It also draws on another work of art as a model. Wonderland, is, however, stylistically much less naturalistic, its commentary more satirical, and its concern for the issues of dislocation and identity more fully...
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