Oil!
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Oil! is a 1927 novel by Upton Sinclair that satirically exposes the corruption, greed, and social upheaval surrounding the early 20th-century American oil industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oil! canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
World War I era American society
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labor unions ⓘ radical politics ⓘ religious evangelism ⓘ |
| author | Upton Sinclair ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
American oil magnates
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political corruption in the United States ⓘ |
| depicts |
conflict between capital and labor
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growth of the American oil industry ⓘ |
| director | Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ |
| firstEditionLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | Boston ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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political fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | There Will Be Blood ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780143039433 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | ~527 pages (varies by edition) ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Teapot Dome scandal
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real-life oil boom in California ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | muckraking ⓘ |
| looselyBasedOn | Oil! self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American politics in the early 20th century
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capitalism and greed ⓘ class struggle ⓘ corruption in the oil industry ⓘ labor relations ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
James Arnold Ross Jr.
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surface form:
James Arnold Ross
Paul Watkins ⓘ Ruth Watkins ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | Sinclair’s socially critical novels of the 1920s ⓘ |
| precededBy | King Coal ⓘ |
| protagonist | James Arnold Ross Jr. ⓘ |
| protagonistAlsoKnownAs | Bunny Ross ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| publisher | Pasadena-based socialist publisher (self-published through Upton Sinclair’s company) ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Southern California ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
There Will Be Blood