An Angel at My Table (book)
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"An Angel at My Table" is an autobiographical work by New Zealand author Janet Frame, chronicling her difficult childhood, misdiagnosed mental illness, and eventual emergence as a celebrated writer.
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| An Angel at My Table | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
autobiography
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book ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Jane Campion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat |
feature film
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television miniseries ⓘ |
| author | Janet Frame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| describes |
Janet Frame’s development as a writer
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Janet Frame’s difficult childhood ⓘ Janet Frame’s emergence as a celebrated author ⓘ electroconvulsive therapy ⓘ life in psychiatric institutions ⓘ misdiagnosed mental illness ⓘ threat of lobotomy ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Envoy from Mirror City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | To the Is-Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | An Angel at My Table (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
New Zealand autobiographical writing
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representations of mental illness in literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Janet Frame
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childhood ⓘ mental illness ⓘ writing career ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
insight into New Zealand literary culture
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portrayal of psychiatric misdiagnosis ⓘ |
| partOf | Janet Frame autobiography trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisher | Women’s Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | mid-20th-century New Zealand ⓘ |
| theme |
creativity and art
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family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ institutionalization ⓘ madness and sanity ⓘ resilience ⓘ social stigma ⓘ |
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An Angel at My Table