Other Voices, Other Rooms
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Other Voices, Other Rooms is Truman Capote’s 1948 Southern Gothic debut novel, noted for its atmospheric prose and early exploration of queer themes.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Southern Gothic novel
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debut novel → novel → |
| adaptationDirector |
David Rocksavage
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| adaptationReleaseYear |
1995
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| adaptationType |
film adaptation
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| author |
Truman Capote
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| coverArtFeatures |
photograph of Truman Capote reclining
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| featuresCharacter |
Idabel Thompkins
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Joel Knox → Miss Amy → Mr. Sansom → Randolph → |
| firstEditionFormat |
hardcover
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| genre |
LGBT literature
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Southern Gothic → coming-of-age fiction → |
| hasAdaptation |
Other Voices, Other Rooms (1995 film)
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| hasCriticalReception |
controversial for its homosexual subtext at time of publication
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praised for style and atmosphere → |
| hasISBN |
978-0-679-74561-9
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| hasLiterarySignificance |
considered a landmark of gay literature
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established Truman Capote’s reputation as a major American writer → |
| includedIn |
20th-century American literature canon
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| influenced |
later queer Southern Gothic works
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| libraryOfCongressClassification |
PS3505.A59 O8
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| literaryMovement |
Southern Gothic
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| narrativePerspective |
third-person narration
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| notableFor |
atmospheric prose
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controversial publicity photograph of Truman Capote → early exploration of queer themes in mainstream American fiction → |
| oclcNumber |
2337994
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| placeOfPublication |
New York City
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| protagonist |
Joel Knox
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| publicationYear |
1948
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| publisher |
Random House
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| settingLocation |
rural Alabama
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| targetAudience |
adult
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| theme |
Southern decay
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family and belonging → isolation → otherness → queer identity → sexual awakening → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
20th century American South
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Referenced by (8)
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Truman Capote
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Truman Streckfus Persons → |
notableWork |
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Truman Capote
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Truman Streckfus Persons → |
wrote |
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Truman Capote
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authorOf |
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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follows |
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Other Voices, Other Rooms
("Other Voices, Other Rooms (1995 film)")
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hasAdaptation |
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The Grass Harp
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precededBy |