The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare is a 1945 travel memoir and social critique by Henry Miller that recounts his disillusioned journey across the United States after returning from Europe.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Air-Conditioned Nightmare canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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social critique ⓘ travel memoir ⓘ |
| author | Henry Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
American consumerism
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conformity in American life ⓘ technological progress ⓘ |
| describes |
Henry Miller's journey across the United States
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Henry Miller's return from Europe ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contrast between Europe and the United States
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encounters with ordinary Americans ⓘ road travel across the United States ⓘ |
| genre |
essay collection
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non-fiction ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
American travel writing
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postwar social criticism in literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Henry Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, Volume I
NERFINISHED
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
autobiographical
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essayistic ⓘ polemical ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American society
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural criticism ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| placeOfWriting | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | New Directions Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| theme |
alienation
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critique of materialism ⓘ disillusionment with American culture ⓘ industrialization ⓘ mass culture ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 1940s
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late 1930s ⓘ |
| title | The Air-Conditioned Nightmare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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