Jazz
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"Jazz" is a 1992 novel by Toni Morrison that explores love, violence, and memory in 1920s Harlem through a narrative style inspired by the improvisational rhythms of jazz music.
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- Jazz (novel) ×47
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel → |
| author |
Toni Morrison
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
widely studied in literary scholarship
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| firstEditionFormat |
hardcover
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| followedBy |
Paradise
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| genre |
African-American literature
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historical fiction → modernist novel → |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary African-American fiction
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| hasMediaType |
print
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| hasNarrator |
unreliable narrator
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| inspiredBy |
jazz music
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| language |
English
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| literaryAwardContext |
written after Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved
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| literaryMovement |
postmodern literature
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| mainCharacter |
Dorcas
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Joe Trace → Violet Trace → |
| narrativeStyle |
improvisational
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nonlinear → |
| notableFor |
experimental narration
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jazz-like narrative structure → |
| partOf |
Toni Morrison trilogy on American history
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| precededBy |
Beloved
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| publicationYear |
1992
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| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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| settingCountry |
United States
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| settingEventContext |
Great Migration
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| settingPlace |
Harlem
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| settingTimePeriod |
1920s
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| subjectMatter |
African-American urban experience
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racial history in the United States → romantic relationships → |
| theme |
African-American history
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identity → infidelity → jealousy → love → marriage → memory → the Harlem Renaissance → trauma → urban life → violence → |
| title |
Jazz
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison → Toni Morrison → |
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Beloved
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followedBy |
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Paradise
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followsWork |
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Toni Morrison bibliography
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Jazz (novel)
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title |