Call It Sleep
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Call It Sleep is a landmark 1934 novel by Henry Roth that portrays the inner life and struggles of a young Jewish immigrant boy growing up in New York City's Lower East Side.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Call It Sleep canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | radio dramatization ⓘ |
| author | Henry Roth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalStanding |
considered a classic of Jewish American literature
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considered one of the great American immigrant novels ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish American literature
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coming-of-age novel ⓘ immigrant novel ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-374-52902-1 ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Jewish American writers
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later immigrant narratives in American literature ⓘ |
| languageDevice |
phonetic rendering of Yiddish and accented English
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symbolic use of biblical and religious imagery ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | David Schearl ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive use of interior monologue
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innovative representation of multilingual speech ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer |
Henry Roth's first novel
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only major work by Henry Roth for several decades ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | young boy ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | Eastern European Jewish immigrant family ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| publisher | Robert O. Ballou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reception |
initially modest sales
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rediscovered and acclaimed in the 1960s ⓘ |
| reissue | 1960s paperback edition ⓘ |
| reissuePublisher | Avon Books ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Brownsville, Brooklyn
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surface form:
Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City
Lower East Side ⓘ
surface form:
Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City
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| subjectMatter |
life in New York City tenements
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psychological interiority of a child ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood and psychological development
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family conflict ⓘ identity and assimilation ⓘ immigrant experience in America ⓘ language and perception ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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