Monty Kipps
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Monty Kipps is a conservative, Trinidadian-born academic and Christian intellectual who serves as a central foil to the liberal Belsey family in Zadie Smith’s novel "On Beauty."
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monty Kipps canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian intellectual
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academic ⓘ fictional character ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | On Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
conservative
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intellectual ⓘ religious ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
Howard Belsey
NERFINISHED
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the Belsey family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Zadie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kipps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance | On Beauty (2005) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | novel ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
cultural criticism
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humanities ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Michael Kipps
NERFINISHED
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Victoria Kipps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackground |
Black
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Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoralViewpoint |
religious traditionalism
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social conservatism ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
academic
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professor ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Carlene Kipps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | conservatism ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Sir Thomas Bertram from Mansfield Park (loosely, via the novel’s intertext with E. M. Forster and Austen) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century British literature ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast with Howard Belsey
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embodiment of conservative moral values ⓘ |
| nationality | Trinidadian ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | right-wing ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central antagonist
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foil to the Belsey family ⓘ |
| setting | fictional New England college town ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
culture wars in academia
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faith versus secularism ⓘ race and class in higher education ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Zadie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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