Remembering Denny
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"Remembering Denny" is a nonfiction book by Calvin Trillin that reflects on the life, promise, and tragic death of his Yale classmate Denny Hansen, exploring themes of memory, privilege, and the pressures of success in mid-20th-century America.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Remembering Denny canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
biographical book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Yale University alumni
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elite education in the United States ⓘ friendship ⓘ memory ⓘ mid-20th-century American society ⓘ personal recollection ⓘ pressures of success ⓘ social privilege ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| author | Calvin Trillin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describesRelationshipBetween | Calvin Trillin and Denny Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
cultural expectations of high-achieving students
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discrepancy between outward success and inner life ⓘ how friends remember the dead ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and privilege
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loss and grief ⓘ public success and private struggle ⓘ the burden of expectations ⓘ the construction of memory ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | American nonfiction literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | nonfiction prose ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
narrative nonfiction
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reflective ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Denny Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Calvin Trillin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Denny Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Calvin Trillin bibliography ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
mid-20th century
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postwar America ⓘ |
| workFocus | reassessment of a promising life cut short ⓘ |
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