Maud Martha
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Maud Martha is a 1953 novel in vignettes by Gwendolyn Brooks that portrays the interior life and everyday struggles of a young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maud Martha canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Black womanhood
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class struggle ⓘ colorism ⓘ everyday life ⓘ marriage ⓘ motherhood ⓘ racism ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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coming-of-age novel ⓘ domestic fiction ⓘ novel in vignettes ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject | young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
beauty and self-worth
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domestic life ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ family relationships ⓘ gender roles ⓘ identity ⓘ interior life of a Black woman ⓘ ordinary joys ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ resilience ⓘ urban segregation ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African American literature
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surface form:
African-American literature movement
post-Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Maud Martha Brown ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | series of vignettes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lyrical prose style
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portrayal of everyday Black life in Chicago ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Maud Martha Brown ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Chicago
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South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago’s South Side
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| timePeriodOfSetting |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ World War II era ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ |
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