Dangling Man
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Dangling Man is Saul Bellow’s debut novel, a philosophical first-person narrative about an unemployed young man in Chicago awaiting his World War II draft and grappling with alienation and moral uncertainty.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Saul Bellow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Canadian-American ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ freedom and responsibility ⓘ individual vs society ⓘ moral uncertainty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| form | diary novel ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | Bellow’s first published novel ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
conscientious objection and duty
ⓘ
philosophical reflection on freedom ⓘ social withdrawal ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bureaucracy and the draft
ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ isolation in urban life ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
ⓘ
philosophical monologue ⓘ psychological ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | journal entries ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Bellow’s intellectual protagonists
ⓘ
exploration of pre-war existential anxiety ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precedes | The Victim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistEmotion |
alienation
ⓘ
moral confusion ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupationStatus | unemployed ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | awaiting military draft ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| publisher | Vanguard Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfNarration | early 1940s ⓘ |
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