Corey family
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The Corey family is a prominent, old-money Boston Brahmin family featured in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham," representing traditional New England aristocratic values.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corey family canonical | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Rise of Silas Lapham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | realist novel ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Lapham family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Silas Lapham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Dean Howells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalBackground | New England elite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyMember |
Bromfield Corey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Corey NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanny Corey NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Corey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResidenceLocation | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | late 19th-century Boston ⓘ |
| hasSocialClass | Boston Brahmin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
class conflict
ⓘ
old money vs. new money ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| hasWealthType | old money ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
aristocratic family
ⓘ
prominent Boston family ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American literary canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Silas Lapham’s rise ⓘ |
| represents | traditional New England aristocratic values ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cultural refinement
ⓘ
established social hierarchy ⓘ social conservatism ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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