Great Jones Street
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Great Jones Street is a novel by Don DeLillo that follows a reclusive rock star’s withdrawal from fame into a grimy New York apartment, exploring themes of celebrity, language, and cultural decay.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
commodification of the self
ⓘ
impact of mass media on identity ⓘ relationship between art and commerce ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ratner’s Star ⓘ |
| followsCharacterArc | withdrawal from public life ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ rock-and-roll novel ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtForm | book cover design ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
dark humor
ⓘ
experimental prose ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasSettingFeature | grimy apartment ⓘ |
| hasSettingMood | bleak urban atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
counterculture
ⓘ
drug culture ⓘ rock music culture ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | named after Great Jones Street in Manhattan ⓘ |
| includedIn | American postmodern canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bucky Wunderlick ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of celebrity culture
ⓘ
dense, allusive language ⓘ portrayal of a reclusive rock star ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~265 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | early novels of Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| precededBy | End Zone ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | rock musician ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Great Jones Street, Manhattan
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
celebrity
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cultural decay ⓘ fame ⓘ identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ language ⓘ media saturation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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