Golden Gate
E1000061
Golden Gate is a 1937 novel by Vikram Seth written entirely in verse, notable for its innovative use of sonnet form to tell a contemporary story set in San Francisco.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golden Gate canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Vikram Seth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Suitable Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptation ⓘ |
| hasDedication | to Vikram Seth’s parents ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-670-81310-4 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critical acclaim for technical virtuosity
ⓘ
praised for blending classical form with modern content ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
13 chapters
ⓘ
594 sonnets ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
career and ambition
ⓘ
love and relationships ⓘ social change in late 20th-century America ⓘ young urban professionals ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between personal and professional life
ⓘ
search for meaning in modern life ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Eugene Onegin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
humor
ⓘ
internal rhyme ⓘ intertextuality ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Janet Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ John Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | sonnet sequence ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being written entirely in sonnet form
ⓘ
contemporary setting in San Francisco ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| pageCount | 307 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWork | Vikram Seth bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Viking Penguin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | Onegin stanza ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | 1980s ⓘ |
| title | The Golden Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.