Hearing Secret Harmonies
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Hearing Secret Harmonies is the twelfth and final novel in Anthony Powell’s cycle A Dance to the Music of Time, concluding his expansive exploration of British society across the 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludesNarrativeArcOf |
Kenneth Widmerpool
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
British society
ⓘ
aging ⓘ art and literature ⓘ cults ⓘ memory ⓘ political extremism ⓘ sexual politics ⓘ social change ⓘ time ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bithel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fiona Cutts NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Members ⓘ Pamela Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Gwinnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Temporary Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
novel of manners
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
book
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasSequel | none ⓘ |
| hasShakespeareanAllusion | A Midsummer Night’s Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | multi-chapter continuous narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubject | British upper and middle classes ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | phrase "Hearing secret harmonies" from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFinalWorkInSeries | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFollowedInReadingBy | critical studies of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ |
| isPartOfCanonOf | British literature ⓘ |
| literaryCycle | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | 12 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfEvents | late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ |
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