Goodbye to All That (essay)
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"Goodbye to All That" is Joan Didion’s influential personal essay reflecting on her disillusionment with and departure from New York City, noted for its incisive style and exploration of youth, memory, and loss.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Goodbye to All That | 1 |
| Goodbye to All That (essay) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | essay ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
autobiographical reflection on marriage
ⓘ
depiction of early career in New York ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation |
influential
ⓘ
widely anthologized ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipBetween |
memory and narrative
ⓘ
personal myth and reality ⓘ place and identity ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine essay ⓘ |
| frequentlyStudiedIn |
American literature courses
ⓘ
creative nonfiction courses ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical essay
ⓘ
literary nonfiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary personal essays about New York City
ⓘ
memoir writing about young adulthood in cities ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Goodbye to All That NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inCollection | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
New York City
NERFINISHED
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disillusionment ⓘ leaving New York City ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | retrospective account ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | New York City as both seductive and destructive ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
fragmented chronology
ⓘ
incisive prose ⓘ introspective analysis ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional cost of ambition
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end of youth ⓘ failure of romantic expectations ⓘ idealization of places ⓘ myth of New York ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | farewell and finality ⓘ |
| tone |
disenchanted
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melancholic ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
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Goodbye to All That