Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book
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Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book is Shel Silverstein’s darkly comic, satirical children’s alphabet book that subverts traditional ABC primers with mischievous and absurd humor.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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children’s book for adults ⓘ satirical alphabet book ⓘ |
| author | Shel Silverstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | didactic children’s literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalRole | example of subversive children’s literature ⓘ |
| depicts | children engaging in dangerous or mischievous acts ⓘ |
| genre |
alphabet book
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humor ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Uncle Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasForm | illustrated book ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
black comedy
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nonsense humor ⓘ |
| hasMoralStance | anti-didactic ⓘ |
| hasPageLayout | single-letter entries with accompanying text and drawings ⓘ |
| hasParatext | cover styled like a children’s ABC book ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdity of rules
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playful cruelty ⓘ subversion of authority ⓘ |
| illustrator | Shel Silverstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later darkly comic children’s parodies ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | to shock and amuse readers ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Shel Silverstein bibliography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketedAs | humor book ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | mock-instructional ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | mock-kindly but unreliable adult ⓘ |
| narrator | Uncle Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark humor presented in a children’s-book format
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subverting conventional educational messages ⓘ |
| parodies | traditional children’s ABC primers ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Giving Tree
NERFINISHED
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Where the Sidewalk Ends NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | alphabet-based ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adults
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older children ⓘ |
| tone |
absurd
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darkly comic ⓘ mischievous ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
exaggeration
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irony ⓘ parody ⓘ |
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