Scoop

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novel satirical novel

Scoop is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that lampoons sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Scoop canonical 2
Scoop (1972 BBC television adaptation) 1
Scoop (radio adaptations) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
about British press ⓘ
foreign correspondence ⓘ
sensationalist journalism ⓘ
war reporting ⓘ
author Evelyn Waugh ⓘ
character John Courteney Boot ⓘ
Ännchen von Tharau ⓘ
surface form: Kätchen

Lord Copper ⓘ
Mr. Baldwin ⓘ
Mr. Salter ⓘ
Mrs. Stitch ⓘ
William Boot ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation classic of 20th-century comic fiction ⓘ
fictionalCountryFeatured Ishmaelia ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followedBy Put Out More Flags ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation Scoop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scoop (1972 BBC television adaptation)

Scoop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scoop (radio adaptations)
hasTheme commercialization of news ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
media manipulation ⓘ
miscommunication ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
professional incompetence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist literature ⓘ
mainCharacter William Boot ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableQuote "Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole" ⓘ
originalPublisher Chapman and Hall ⓘ
surface form: Chapman & Hall
parodies the Fleet Street printing district ⓘ
surface form: Fleet Street journalism

foreign correspondents ⓘ
partOf Evelyn Waugh ⓘ
surface form: Evelyn Waugh bibliography
precededBy Black Mischief ⓘ
protagonist William Boot ⓘ
publicationYear 1938 ⓘ
publisherCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
settingLocation Ishmaelia ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
timePeriodOfSetting interwar period ⓘ
titleRefersTo journalistic scoop ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Evelyn Waugh → notableWork → Scoop ⓘ
Scoop → hasAdaptation → Scoop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scoop (1972 BBC television adaptation)
Scoop → hasAdaptation → Scoop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scoop (radio adaptations)
Arthur → notableWork → Scoop ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh