Porgy (novel)

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Porgy (novel) is a 1925 work by DuBose Heyward that portrays the lives of African American residents in Charleston’s Catfish Row and later served as the basis for the opera Porgy and Bess.

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Porgy 7
Porgy (novel) canonical 2
Porgy (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptedAs Porgy: A Play in Four Acts
surface form: Porgy (play)

Porgy and Bess
author DuBose Heyward
authorCollaboration DuBose Heyward later collaborated with Dorothy Heyward on the play adaptation
basisOf Porgy: A Play in Four Acts
surface form: Porgy (1927 play)

Porgy and Bess
surface form: Porgy and Bess (opera)
copyrightStatus in copyright (in many jurisdictions)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts African American life in the early 20th century American South
firstPublishedInFormat print
genre African American literature
surface form: African-American literature

novel
social realism
hasAdaptationType opera
stage play
hasInfluenceOn American musical theatre
American opera
hasProtagonistTrait Porgy (novel) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porgy is a disabled beggar
hasSettingPeriod early 20th century
hasTheme community life
disability
love
poverty
race relations
religion
hasTitleCharacter Porgy (novel) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porgy
influenced Porgy and Bess
surface form: Porgy and Bess (1935 opera)
language English
literaryMovement Harlem Renaissance
mainCharacter Bess
Crown
Porgy (novel) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porgy

Sportin’ Life
surface form: Sportin' Life
notableFor being the source material for Porgy and Bess
portrayal of Gullah culture
originalMedium book
placeOfPublication New York City
portrays life in Charleston’s Catfish Row
publicationDate 1925
publisher George H. Doran Company
setIn Catfish Row
Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
timeOfSetting post-World War I era

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porgy and Bess basedOn Porgy (novel)
Porgy and Bess basedOn Porgy (novel)
this entity surface form: Porgy (play)
Porgy and Bess mainCharacter Porgy (novel)
this entity surface form: Porgy
DuBose Heyward notableWork Porgy (novel)
this entity surface form: Porgy
DuBose Heyward wrote Porgy (novel)
this entity surface form: Porgy
DuBose Heyward basedOn Porgy (novel)
subject surface form: Porgy and Bess
this entity surface form: Porgy
Porgy (novel) mainCharacter Porgy (novel) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porgy
Porgy (novel) hasProtagonistTrait Porgy (novel) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porgy is a disabled beggar
Porgy (novel) hasTitleCharacter Porgy (novel) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porgy
Catfish Row associatedWithCharacter Porgy (novel)
this entity surface form: Porgy
I Loves You, Porgy basedOn Porgy (novel)