Truthful James
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Truthful James is the wry, unreliable narrator of Bret Harte’s comic poem “Plain Language from Truthful James” (better known as “The Heathen Chinee”).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Truthful James canonical | 2 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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poetic narrator ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Truthful James, the narrator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Plain Language from Truthful James
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Heathen Chinee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
narrator
ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | attitudes toward Chinese immigrants in 19th-century America ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Old West literature ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | wry ⓘ |
| narratorOf |
Plain Language from Truthful James
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Heathen Chinee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | naive observer ⓘ |
| reliability | unreliable ⓘ |
| usedFor |
satire
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ |
| workGenre | comic poem ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.