Friendly Persuasion universe
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The Friendly Persuasion universe is the fictional mid-19th-century American Quaker setting of Jessamyn West’s stories, centered on the Birdwell family’s pacifist life and moral challenges during the Civil War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional universe
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literary setting ⓘ |
| adaptationBasisFor |
Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)
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Friendly Persuasion (1975 television film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Eliza Birdwell
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Jess Birdwell NERFINISHED ⓘ their children ⓘ |
| centralFamily | Birdwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreTheme |
conflict between pacifism and violence
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conscience ⓘ family life ⓘ moral dilemmas of war ⓘ religious conviction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depictsEvent | Civil War home front in the North ⓘ |
| depictsGroup | Society of Friends (Quakers) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass | rural middle-class farmers ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Jessamyn West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspective |
anti-war
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nonviolence ⓘ |
| hasTone |
gently humorous
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morally reflective ⓘ warm ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryWorkSetIn |
Friendly Persuasion (short story collection)
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The Friendly Persuasion (novelized form / composite narrative) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Birdwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | realist fiction ⓘ |
| primaryConflictContext | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEthicalTheme | pacifism GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryHistoricalPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLocationType | rural American farm community ⓘ |
| primaryReligionDepicted | Quakerism GENERATED ⓘ |
| recurringMotif |
meetinghouse worship
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plain living ⓘ tension between duty to family and duty to faith ⓘ |
| setInPoliticalEntity | Union (American Civil War) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSettingEnd | 1860s ⓘ |
| timeSettingStart | 1840s ⓘ |
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