The Dean’s December
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The Dean’s December is a novel by Saul Bellow that follows an American academic in Cold War–era Bucharest and Chicago as he confronts political repression, moral decay, and personal crisis.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dean’s December canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Saul Bellow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
East–West ideological tensions
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conflict between individual conscience and state power ⓘ intellectual responsibility ⓘ moral decay ⓘ personal crisis ⓘ political repression ⓘ urban violence in America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedByWorkBySameAuthor | More Die of Heartbreak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsWorkBySameAuthor | Humboldt’s Gift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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political novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Saul Bellow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060150234 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300–400 pages ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Corde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contrast between Eastern European dictatorship and American society
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depiction of life under Romanian communism ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Saul Bellow’s later novels ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | American academic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Row NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Bucharest
NERFINISHED
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Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | Cold War era ⓘ |
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