AQA (A): Paper 2 Modern times
In Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road (1961), time and place appear key. The western Connecticut suburb, with commuter train connections to Central Station, New York and the Route 12 Freeway linking families to shopping and dining complexes, signifies something entirely modern. This is 1955. Initially, the Wheelers and the Campbells appear free-thinking, determined to challenge convention with revolutionary zeal. However, the Wheelers’ address and the novel’s title prove ironic. Yates depicts a troubling age in American history, a period of transition and anxiety leading to regression.
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