Wise Children
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Wise Children is a 1991 novel by Angela Carter that blends magical realism, Shakespearean allusion, and bawdy humor to explore themes of legitimacy, performance, and family through the lives of twin chorus girls.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Wise Children (stage adaptation) | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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stage adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptation | Wise Children (stage adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Angela Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Wise Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFamilyName | Hazard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAllusionsTo |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ King Lear NERFINISHED ⓘ Twelfth Night NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
high culture and low culture divide
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legitimate versus illegitimate lineage ⓘ performance of identity ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | twin chorus girls ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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family saga ⓘ magical realism ⓘ |
| isFinalNovelBy | Angela Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
Shakespearean allusion
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intertextuality ⓘ magic realism ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dora Chance
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Nora Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Dora Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingLineReference | Shakespeare's birthday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistFamilyName | Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| structure | retrospective narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
class
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family ⓘ gender ⓘ identity ⓘ illegitimacy ⓘ legitimacy ⓘ performance ⓘ sexuality ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
bawdy
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comic ⓘ |
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