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Four Freedoms (novel) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Four Freedoms (novel)
''Four Freedoms'' is a 2009 historical novel by John Crowley. It follows the adventures of several characters centring around a fictional aircraft manufacturing plant near Ponca City, Oklahoma during World War II, specifically from 1942 to 1945.〔Crowley 2009, pg. 385.〕 The plant chiefly produces the fictional B-30 ''Pax'' bomber. It is Crowley's first novel after the completion of his Ægypt Sequence, and marks a turning in his style from the historically speculative series to historical realism. The novel deals with the manufacturing and war industries during World War II, but rather than dealing with the most able-bodied during this period, the novel takes up the story of minority groups, the disabled, and many others still awaiting rights of full citizenship taking an active role in America. In his Afterword, Crowley explicitly theorizes that the period would strongly influence later civil movements in the United States ==Background==
The novel's title is a reference to the Four Freedoms Speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941. Critics have noted that the partially paralyzed President inhabits the novel in spirit (though not actually appearing). Crowley notes in his afterword that though the B-30 Pax bomber is a fictional creation, it bears striking resemblance to the real Convair B-36 "Peacemaker", which he was not aware of until he had already created the fictional bomber.〔Crowley 2009, pg. 388.〕 The novel's style is somewhat similar to that of Crowley's earlier novel ''Little, Big'', with the story proper loosely narrated amid frequent narrative spurs to the various Back-stories of characters introduced working at the plant. It is implied by his dealings with Diane〔Crowley 2009, pg. 323〕 as well as with Vi 〔Crowley 2009, pg. 100〕 that since conclusions of both women's backstories are given to Prosper, his instigation brought them about. Martha's story is explicitly instigated by Prosper,〔Crowley 2009, pg. 339〕 making the novel's structure itself a reflection of Prosper's empathy.
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