Pale Horse, Pale Rider
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Pale Horse, Pale Rider is a modernist novella by Katherine Anne Porter that intertwines a love story with the devastation of the 1918 influenza pandemic and the psychological impact of World War I.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
modernist work
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novella ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | radio drama ⓘ |
| approximateWordCount | about 30,000 words ⓘ |
| author | Katherine Anne Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
devastation of the 1918 influenza pandemic
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impact of war on individuals ⓘ love and mortality ⓘ memory and consciousness ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ |
| collectionAlsoIncludes |
Noon Wine
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Old Mortality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| explores |
effects of illness on consciousness
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relationship between personal and historical catastrophe ⓘ tension between love and impending death ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
love story
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modernist fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | novella-length narrative ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
1918–1919 influenza pandemic in the United States
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American home front during World War I ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important American modernist novella
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major work of Katherine Anne Porter ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Adam
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Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | limited third person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| partOfCollection | Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | newspaper employee ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring |
1918 influenza pandemic
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World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| studiedIn |
American literature courses
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modernist literature courses ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | Death ⓘ |
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