The Anatomy Lesson
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The Anatomy Lesson is a 1983 novel by Philip Roth that continues the story of his alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, exploring themes of illness, identity, and artistic crisis with Roth’s characteristic dark humor and introspection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Anatomy Lesson canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Philip Roth ⓘ |
| characterType | protagonist is a writer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
body and mortality
ⓘ
relationship between life and art ⓘ writer’s block ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Prague Orgy ⓘ |
| genre |
autofiction
ⓘ
comic novel ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlterEgoCharacter | Nathan Zuckerman as Philip Roth’s alter ego ⓘ |
| hasAlterEgoOf | Philip Roth ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTraitOfProtagonist |
introspective
ⓘ
neurotic ⓘ self-critical ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle | dark humor ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literarySeries |
Zuckerman Unbound
ⓘ
surface form:
Zuckerman Bound
|
| mainCharacter | Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of authorial self
ⓘ
use of metafictional elements ⓘ |
| partOf |
Philip Roth bibliography
ⓘ
Zuckerman novels ⓘ
surface form:
Zuckerman Bound trilogy
|
| precededBy | Zuckerman Unbound ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setting |
Chicago
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| style | introspective ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a writer’s physical and psychological breakdown ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish American identity
ⓘ
artistic crisis ⓘ fame ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ illness ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.