It Couldn’t Happen Here
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"It Couldn’t Happen Here" is a 1935 political novel by Sinclair Lewis that portrays the rise of an American fascist regime as a warning about the fragility of democracy in the United States.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| It Can't Happen Here | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Sinclair Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
collapse of democratic institutions
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populist demagogue rising to power ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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political fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | It Can’t Happen Here (stage adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Doremus Jessup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | rise of European fascism in the 1930s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
authoritarianism in the United States
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fragility of democracy ⓘ rise of fascism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of American-style fascism
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political warning about totalitarianism in the United States ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| titleVariant | It Can’t Happen Here NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warningAgainst |
American fascism
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erosion of civil liberties ⓘ |
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It Can't Happen Here