The Loom of Youth
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The Loom of Youth is a controversial 1917 semi-autobiographical novel by Alec Waugh that portrays life and disillusionment at an English public school.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Loom of Youth canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Alec Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | offended authorities at Sherborne School ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | controversial ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
ⓘ
school story ⓘ semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorSiblingRelation | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
schoolboys
ⓘ
teachers ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| influenced | later public school novels ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Alec Waugh's experiences at Sherborne School ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adolescent disillusionment
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critique of English public school system ⓘ public school life ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
criticism of traditional public school values
ⓘ
frank portrayal of school life ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1917 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grant Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | English public school ⓘ |
| subject |
boarding school students
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education in England ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
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