Joe Gould’s Teeth

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Joe Gould’s Teeth is a nonfiction book by historian Jill Lepore that investigates the mysterious life and lost writings of eccentric New York bohemian Joe Gould.

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instanceOf biographical book
nonfiction book
author Jill Lepore NERFINISHED
basedOn archival documents
hospital records
personal correspondence
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresTheme ethics of biography
history of psychiatry
marginalization and poverty
race and class in 20th-century America
truth and myth-making
featuresPerson Ezra Pound NERFINISHED
Jill Lepore NERFINISHED
Joe Gould NERFINISHED
Joseph Mitchell NERFINISHED
e.e. cummings NERFINISHED
genre biography
history
literary nonfiction
hasDeweyDecimalClassification 974.71
hasForm book-length essay
hasISBN 9781101947586
hasLibraryOfCongressClassification F128.9.G65
hasPlaceOfPublication New York City NERFINISHED
hasWorkExample e-book edition
hardcover edition
investigates fate of Joe Gould’s lost writings
life of Joe Gould
language English
literaryPeriod 21st-century literature
mediaType print
notableFor combining biography with historical investigation
questioning existence of The Oral History of Our Time
reexamining Joe Gould’s legend
originalPublisherImprint Knopf NERFINISHED
pageCount approximately 256
publicationDate 2016
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
setInPeriod 20th-century New York City
subject American modernist literature
Joe Gould NERFINISHED
New York City bohemians
The Oral History of Our Time NERFINISHED
archival research
lost manuscripts
mental illness
targetAudience adult readers

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