The Amateur Marriage
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The Amateur Marriage is a novel by Anne Tyler that traces the tumultuous decades-long relationship of a mismatched American couple against the backdrop of mid-20th-century social change.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Amateur Marriage canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anne Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
American family life across several decades
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effects of historical and social change on a marriage ⓘ |
| follows | decades-long relationship of a mismatched couple ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
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family saga ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Anne Tyler’s Baltimore-centered fictional world ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
changing gender roles
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disillusionment in marriage ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ parent-child relationships ⓘ personal growth over time ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American middle-class life
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family relationships ⓘ incompatibility ⓘ marriage ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Michael Anton
NERFINISHED
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Pauline Anton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
World War II era
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mid-20th century ⓘ postwar America ⓘ |
| workOf | Anne Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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