The Ice Palace
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"The Ice Palace" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of regional contrast, emotional isolation, and disillusionment through the relationship between a Southern woman and a Northern man.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ice Palace canonical | 2 |
| The Ice Palace (1920s radio dramatizations) | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Flappers and Philosophers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | Harry Bellamy ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Ice Palace
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Ice Palace (1920s radio dramatizations)
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| includedIn | various anthologies of American short stories ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Fitzgerald's experiences with Southern and Northern social circles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Roaring Twenties
ⓘ
surface form:
Jazz Age
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| literaryTechnique |
contrast
ⓘ
regionalism ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sally Carrol Happer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of North–South tensions in the United States
ⓘ
use of setting as psychological landscape ⓘ |
| partOf | F. Scott Fitzgerald's early short fiction ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Southern woman becomes engaged to a Northern man and confronts the emotional and cultural coldness she finds in the North. ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistOrigin | Southern United States ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setting |
Eastern North America
ⓘ
surface form:
American North
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
American South
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| symbol | ice palace ⓘ |
| symbolism |
cultural alienation
ⓘ
disillusionment with idealized regions ⓘ emotional coldness ⓘ |
| theme |
North–South cultural differences
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disillusionment ⓘ emotional isolation ⓘ identity conflict ⓘ regional contrast ⓘ romantic disillusionment ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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melancholic ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Ice Palace (1920s radio dramatizations)