Timeline for What would be the American equivalent of "Dickensian"?
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| May 3, 2017 at 6:23 | vote | accept | Mari-Lou A | ||
| Apr 14, 2017 at 12:38 | comment | added | user66974 | @PeterShor - no, the question is on the adjectival usage of an author name with strong correlations to poverty issues. Steinbeck wouldn't work here. | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 12:36 | comment | added | Peter Shor | I think there's two questions in the OP. (1) "which American author would evoke the same imagery and connotations as Dickens" [in evoking the Great Depression]? I think the answer to this in unquestionably Steinbeck. (2) Should I use his name as an adjective with regard to this? And as you say, the answer to the second is "no". | |
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| Apr 11, 2017 at 12:15 | comment | added | user66974 | @PeterShor - Yes but that is not the point here. As an AmE native, have you ever heard about the expression: a "Steinbeckian poverty" for instance? in the way Dickensian would be used? | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 12:12 | comment | added | Peter Shor | Yes, but of those four authors, I think John Steinbeck is the only one a lot of people will have heard of and would associate with the Depression. And if you think of a novel about the Depression, The Grapes of Wrath is one of the first that comes to mind. | |
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| Apr 11, 2017 at 12:03 | comment | added | user66974 | @PeterShor - I am aware that Steinbeck is the most famous among them, but his name is not commonly associated, as far as I know, to conditions of extreme poverty, unemployment, and social distress. | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 12:01 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | But... en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Steinbeckian does exist. But I think that refers to his style of writing. His books are very well-known. | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 12:01 | comment | added | Peter Shor | Of those four authors, Steinbeck is by far the most famous. And three of his best known novels — Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, and The Grapes of Wrath — are set during the Depression. | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 11:58 | history | answered | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |