A Confederacy of Dunces
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A Confederacy of Dunces is a posthumously published comic novel set in New Orleans, celebrated for its eccentric protagonist Ignatius J. Reilly and its satirical portrayal of modern society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Confederacy of Dunces canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | multiple attempted film adaptations ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Tulane University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Kennedy Toole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Ed Lindlof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| cultStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| editor | Walker Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Darlene
NERFINISHED
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Gus Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ignatius J. Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Lana Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrna Minkoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Battaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern literature
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comic fiction ⓘ picaresque fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780802130204 ⓘ |
| hasOCLC | 5946744 ⓘ |
| includedIn | canon of modern American literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
farce
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satire ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ignatius J. Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic depiction of New Orleans life
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satirical portrayal of modern society ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Louisiana State University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| posthumouslyPublished | true ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | eccentric ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Ignatius J. Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| setIn | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
alienation
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consumer culture ⓘ modern society ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | derived from a Jonathan Swift quotation ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.