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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Big Money canonical | 6 |
Statements (44)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Dos Passos
subject surface form:
John Dos Passos