McTeague
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McTeague is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that follows the brutal moral and psychological decline of a San Francisco dentist consumed by greed and violence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McTeague canonical | 7 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Erich von Stroheim ⓘ |
| adaptationType |
film
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| author | Frank Norris ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
social and economic pressures on individuals
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working-class life in San Francisco ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1899 ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalism
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Greed
ⓘ
McTeague (opera) ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | McTeague self-link ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greed
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surface form:
Greed (1924 film)
|
| literaryMovement |
Naturalism
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surface form:
American naturalism
|
| literaryPeriod | late 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | McTeague self-link ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | novel-length narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Marcus Schouler
ⓘ
Trina Sieppe ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInLiterature | classic of American naturalism ⓘ |
| primaryConflict | destructive effects of greed on individuals and relationships ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | dentist ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday & McClure Company ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| style |
detailed realism
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grim, unsentimental depiction of life ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | moral and psychological deterioration of a dentist ⓘ |
| theme |
brutality
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determinism ⓘ greed ⓘ marriage ⓘ moral decline ⓘ poverty ⓘ psychological decline ⓘ violence ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Naturalism (literature)