Manhattan Transfer
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Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manhattan Transfer canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | John Dos Passos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
bourgeois society
ⓘ
fast-paced city life ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | U.S.A. trilogy ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
ⓘ
urban novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ellen Thatcher
ⓘ
George Baldwin ⓘ Gus McNeil ⓘ Jimmy Herf ⓘ Stan Emery ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
capitalism
ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ mass media ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century American literature canon ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European modernism
ⓘ
cinematic montage ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
collage-like
ⓘ
fragmented ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
montage
ⓘ
multiple viewpoints ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative form
ⓘ
panoramic portrait of New York City ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| partOf | John Dos Passos’s early major works ⓘ |
| precededBy | Streets of Night ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace & World
ⓘ
surface form:
Harcourt, Brace and Company
|
| setInLocation |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| structure |
episodic
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| theme |
American Dream
ⓘ
alienation ⓘ modernity ⓘ social stratification ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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