Beloved
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"Beloved" is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores the haunting legacy of slavery through the story of a formerly enslaved woman and her family.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beloved canonical | 24 |
| Beloved (1987 novel) | 3 |
| Beloved (1998 film) | 2 |
| "Beloved" Part One | 1 |
| "Beloved" Part Three | 1 |
| "Beloved" Part Two | 1 |
| Beloved (character) | 1 |
| Beloved (novel) | 1 |
| Beloved (the ghostly young woman) | 1 |
| novel "Beloved" | 1 |
| the haunting presence of Beloved | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Beloved
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Beloved (1998 film)
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| adaptationCastMember |
Danny Glover
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Oprah Winfrey ⓘ Thandiwe Newton ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Jonathan Demme ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ Robert F. Kennedy Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | Jazz ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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historical fiction ⓘ magic realism ⓘ neo-slave narrative ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | the historical case of Margaret Garner ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| listedIn |
New York Times survey of the best American fiction of the last 25 years (2006)
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Time 100 best English-language novels list ⓘ
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Time magazine’s 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005
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| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Baby Suggs
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Beloved self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Beloved (the ghostly young woman)
Denver ⓘ Paul D ⓘ Sethe ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | shifting third-person viewpoints ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Toni Morrison’s loose trilogy on African-American history ⓘ |
| precededBy | Song of Solomon ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the most important American novels of the 20th century ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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surface form:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Kentucky ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American slavery
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haunting and the supernatural ⓘ infanticide ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
community
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identity ⓘ legacy of slavery ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Beloved (the ghostly young woman)
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Beloved (1998 film)
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Jazz (novel)
subject surface form:
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
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Beloved (1987 novel)
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Beloved (1998 film)
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Beloved (character)
subject surface form:
Toni Morrison
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novel "Beloved"
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"Beloved" Part One
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"Beloved" Part Two
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"Beloved" Part Three
this entity surface form:
Beloved (1987 novel)
this entity surface form:
Beloved (1987 novel)