Word: keatsian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...characters. He falls hopelessly in love with Sylvia, and she does him a favor, but she remains devoted to her surly absentee husband. Sinister Mrs. Forgate, who has a reputation as a husband-poisoner, watches with a cold eye the passionate friendship between her gigolo Antonio and the Keatsian poet Dacbe. Lad Greengable, godlike lifeguard with literary leanings, and Jacqueline, mannish musician, look longingly at Sylvia. Angela Flower (recognizable caricature of Aimee Semple McPherson) shouts hoarse evangelism through cocktail parties. Sol Mosier, neurotic antique dealer, pines for new sensations...