The City and the Pillar
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The City and the Pillar is a groundbreaking 1948 novel by Gore Vidal that candidly portrays a young gay man's life and desires in postwar America, challenging mid-20th-century taboos about homosexuality.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The City and the Pillar canonical | 1 |
| The City and the Pillar (revised 1965 edition) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Gore Vidal ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublisher | E. P. Dutton ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT literature
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coming-of-age novel ⓘ novel ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | long-form fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780141185934 ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEdition |
The City and the Pillar
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surface form:
The City and the Pillar (revised 1965 edition)
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| hasSubject |
American society
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World War II veterans ⓘ gay men ⓘ |
| influenced | later gay literature in the United States ⓘ |
| languageStyle | plain realist prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | milestone in American gay fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jim Willard ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging mid-20th-century American taboos about homosexuality
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frank depiction of homosexuality ⓘ one of the first mainstream American novels to feature an openly gay male protagonist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| protagonistSexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1948
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1965 ⓘ |
| reasonForControversy | open treatment of homosexuality in a mainstream novel ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingPeriod | post–World War II America ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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homosexuality ⓘ identity ⓘ male same-sex desire ⓘ masculinity ⓘ social taboos ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| timeSettingEnd | 1940s ⓘ |
| timeSettingStart | 1930s ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The City and the Pillar (revised 1965 edition)