The Human Stain

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novel

The Human Stain is a 2000 novel by Philip Roth that explores identity, race, and scandal in late-20th-century America through the downfall of a classics professor with a hidden past.

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The Human Stain canonical 12
The Fixer 1
The Human Stain (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedAs The Human Stain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Human Stain (film)
author Philip Roth ⓘ
awarded PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction ⓘ
awardYear 2001 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores consequences of false accusations ⓘ
construction of identity in America ⓘ
intersection of private life and public morality ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Robert Benton ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2003 ⓘ
filmAdaptationStars Anthony Hopkins ⓘ
Ed Harris ⓘ
Nicole Kidman ⓘ
followedBy The Dying Animal ⓘ
genre campus novel ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
novel of ideas ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
isbn 0-618-03988-9 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Coleman Silk ⓘ
narrativeFrame recounted by Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
narratorCharacter Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ
pageCount 361 ⓘ
partOfSeries An American Trilogy ⓘ
surface form: American Trilogy
precededBy I Married a Communist ⓘ
protagonistOccupation classics professor ⓘ
protagonistSecret hidden racial identity ⓘ
publicationYear 2000 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
setDuring Monica Lewinsky scandal ⓘ
surface form: Clinton–Lewinsky scandal era
settingPlace Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
settingTime 1990s ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
theme McCarthyism ⓘ
identity ⓘ
passing ⓘ
political correctness ⓘ
public shaming ⓘ
race ⓘ
scandal ⓘ
secrecy ⓘ
sexual politics ⓘ

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Philip Roth → notableWork → The Human Stain ⓘ
Jewish American literature → hasNotableWork → The Human Stain ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fixer
Paul Hirsch → notableWork → The Human Stain ⓘ
Jacinda Barrett → notableWork → The Human Stain ⓘ
Declan Quinn → workedOn → The Human Stain ⓘ
Gail Mutrux → notableWork → The Human Stain ⓘ
Geraldine Peroni → notableWork → The Human Stain ⓘ
Blu Murray → edited → The Human Stain ⓘ
Philip → notableWork → The Human Stain ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Roth
I Married a Communist → followedBy → The Human Stain ⓘ
The Human Stain → adaptedAs → The Human Stain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Human Stain (film)
Zuckerman novels → hasPart → The Human Stain ⓘ
Roth's American Trilogy → hasPart → The Human Stain ⓘ
Eriq La Salle → actedIn → The Human Stain ⓘ