Jazz (novel)
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"Jazz" is a 1992 novel by Toni Morrison that explores love, violence, and memory in 1920s Harlem through a polyphonic, jazz-like narrative style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jazz (1992 novel) | 1 |
| Jazz (novel) canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Toni Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
Harlem Renaissance culture
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complex marital relationships ⓘ interplay of past and present ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| followedBy | Paradise (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-679-73564-8 ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | unnamed first-person narrator ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 229 ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
circular
ⓘ
improvisational ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | jazz music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dorcas
NERFINISHED
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Joe Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ Violet Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
jazz-like structure
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nonlinear ⓘ polyphonic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative voice
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integration of musical form into prose ⓘ |
| partOf | Toni Morrison’s loose trilogy with Beloved and Paradise ⓘ |
| precededBy | Beloved (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Harlem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
African-American urban experience
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healing ⓘ jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ migration ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Jazz (1992 novel)