The Loved One

E150428

film novella satire

The Loved One is a darkly comic novella by Evelyn Waugh that satirizes the American funeral industry and Hollywood culture.

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Label	Occurrences
The Loved One canonical	6
The Loved One (1965 film)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ novella ⓘ satire ⓘ
author	Evelyn Waugh ⓘ
basedOn	The Loved One self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat	book ⓘ
genre	dark comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Loved One self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Loved One (1965 film)
hasIllustrations	no ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later dark comedies about death and funerals ⓘ
hasReception	critically acclaimed as a major work of modern satire ⓘ
hasSubject	British expatriates in the United States ⓘ Hollywood ⓘ surface form: Hollywood film industry celebrity culture ⓘ funeral industry ⓘ mortuary practices ⓘ romantic obsession ⓘ social criticism ⓘ
length	novella-length ⓘ
literaryForm	prose fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement	20th-century British literature ⓘ
literaryStyle	satirical prose ⓘ
mainCharacter	Aimée Thanatogenos ⓘ Dennis Barlow ⓘ Mr. Joyboy ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	critique of American cultural practices around death ⓘ macabre humor ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Evelyn Waugh bibliography ⓘ
primaryTheme	death and commercialization ⓘ satire of Hollywood culture ⓘ satire of the American funeral industry ⓘ
publicationYear	1948 ⓘ
publisher	Chapman and Hall ⓘ
setting	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Hollywood ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	20th century ⓘ
tone	comic ⓘ ironic ⓘ macabre ⓘ

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Evelyn Waugh → notableWork → The Loved One ⓘ

Hal Ashby → edited → The Loved One ⓘ

The Loved One → hasAdaptation → The Loved One self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Loved One (1965 film)

The Loved One → basedOn → The Loved One self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: The Loved One (1965 film)

Terry Southern → notableWork → The Loved One ⓘ

Terry Southern → screenwriterOf → The Loved One ⓘ

Robert Morse → notableWork → The Loved One ⓘ