The 42nd Parallel

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modernist novel novel

The 42nd Parallel is a 1930 modernist novel by John Dos Passos that opens his U.S.A. trilogy, portraying early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques and multiple interwoven characters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author John Dos Passos ⓘ
characterType ensemble cast ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts early 20th-century American life ⓘ
followedBy 1919 ⓘ
The Big Money ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
hasCharacter Charley Anderson ⓘ
Eleanor Stoddard NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. Ward Moorehouse ⓘ
Janey Williams ⓘ
Joe Williams ⓘ
Mac McCreary ⓘ
hasSectionType biographical sketches of public figures ⓘ
documentary-style news clippings ⓘ
fictional narrative chapters ⓘ
hasSequel 1919 ⓘ
The Big Money ⓘ
influencedBy cinematic montage techniques ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
mainTheme American Dream ⓘ
American social and political life ⓘ
capitalism and labor ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
narrativeTechnique Camera Eye sections ⓘ
Newsreel sections ⓘ
experimental narrative techniques ⓘ
multiple interwoven characters ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
notableFor formal experimentation ⓘ
social critique of American society ⓘ
originalMediaType print ⓘ
partOf U.S.A. trilogy ⓘ
publicationDate 1930 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
seriesPosition first volume of the U.S.A. trilogy ⓘ
settingPlace United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingTime early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriodCovered World War I era ⓘ
pre–World War I era ⓘ

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subject surface form: John Dos Passos
U.S.A. trilogy → hasPart → The 42nd Parallel ⓘ
The Big Money → followsWork → The 42nd Parallel ⓘ