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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
James's letters take the reader on a tour around the American colonies in the 18th century—from James's own farm in Pennsylvania to the seafaring communities in Nantucket to the wilds of the American frontier at the western edge of the colonies and the grand cities of the American South. These areas exhibit an unusual degree of splendor, tarnished by the wealth generated from enslaved labor.
