The Power of the Dog

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The Power of the Dog is a 1967 psychological Western novel by Thomas Savage that explores repressed desire, masculinity, and family tension on a Montana ranch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western novel
film
novel
psychological novel
author Thomas Savage NERFINISHED
basedOn The Power of the Dog NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Jane Campion NERFINISHED
genre Western fiction
psychological fiction
hasAdaptation The Power of the Dog (2021 film) NERFINISHED
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasMotif music
silence
the dog
the landscape
hasNarrativeTone dark
introspective
psychological
hasSubject brotherhood
class differences
cruelty
family conflict
homosocial relationships
isolation
power dynamics
psychological manipulation
ranch life
sexual repression
toxic masculinity
literarySetting Montana NERFINISHED
mainCharacter George Burbank NERFINISHED
Peter Gordon NERFINISHED
Phil Burbank NERFINISHED
Rose Gordon NERFINISHED
mainTheme family tension
masculinity
repressed desire
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication United States NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1967
publisher Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2021
settingTimePeriod 1920s
timeSpanOfStory several months

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Thomas Savage hasWritten The Power of the Dog
Roger Frappier notableWork The Power of the Dog