The American Claimant
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The American Claimant is an 1892 comic novel by Mark Twain that satirizes American aristocratic pretensions and social class through a farcical tale of mistaken identity and inheritance.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| author |
Mark Twain
ⓘ
Mark Twain ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
farce ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | novel-length ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasFictionalForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
farce
ⓘ
satirical humor ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriodOfSetting | 19th century United States ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The American Claimant self-link ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | literary work ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aristocracy
ⓘ
identity ⓘ inheritance ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | mistaken identity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Mark Twain bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1892 ⓘ |
| satirizes |
American aristocratic pretensions
ⓘ
social class distinctions ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
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