The Big Money

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The Big Money is a 1936 novel by John Dos Passos, best known as the third volume of his U.S.A. trilogy, which critiques American capitalism and society in the early 20th century through experimental narrative techniques.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author John Dos Passos
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts consumer culture
effects of capitalism on individuals
rise of big business in America
social inequality
followsWork 1919
The 42nd Parallel
genre modernist novel
political fiction
social novel
hasCharacterType recurring characters from earlier U.S.A. trilogy volumes
hasForm interlinked narratives
multi-perspective structure
hasInfluenced documentary-style fiction
later American social novels
hasPageCount over 400 pages (approximate)
hasSubject American Dream
corporate power
individual alienation
labor and class conflict
mass media influence
political corruption
includedIn collected editions of the U.S.A. trilogy
isPartOf 20th-century American literature canon
literaryMovement modernism
mainTheme critique of American capitalism
critique of American society
narrativeTechnique biographical sketches
experimental narrative
montage
newsreel sections
stream of consciousness
notableFor formal experimentation
social and political critique
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries U.S.A. trilogy
positionInSeries third volume
publicationDate 1936
publisher Harcourt Brace & World
surface form: Harcourt, Brace and Company
setInPeriod early 20th century United States
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
timePeriodCovered pre–World War I to late 1920s United States

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John Dos Passos notableWork The Big Money
John notableWork The Big Money
subject surface form: John Dos Passos
Dos Passos notableWork The Big Money
subject surface form: John Dos Passos
U.S.A. trilogy hasPart The Big Money
The 42nd Parallel followedBy The Big Money
The 42nd Parallel hasSequel The Big Money