The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
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The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") is a 1922 short story by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to become a jazz performer, which later inspired the landmark 1927 film.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Jazz Singer (adaptations) | 1 |
| The Jazz Singer (screenplay) | 1 |
| The Jazz Singer (short story) | 1 |
| The Jazz Singer (story, play, film) | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | The Jazz Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Samson Raphaelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basisFor | The Jazz Singer (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | duty to family and faith versus desire for a show-business career ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| inspired | The Jazz Singer (1927 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationTitle | The Jazz Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationType | film ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | young Jewish man ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the literary source for the first feature-length talking picture ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Yom Kippur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Jewish immigrant milieu in the United States ⓘ |
| subject |
Judaism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
jazz music ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ conflict between religious tradition and secular ambition ⓘ family conflict ⓘ |
| title | The Day of Atonement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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The Jazz Singer (screenplay)
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The Jazz Singer (short story)
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The Jazz Singer (story, play, film)
this entity surface form:
The Jazz Singer (adaptations)