The Virginian (novel)
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The Virginian is an influential 1902 Western novel by Owen Wister that helped define the cowboy hero archetype and popularize the American Western genre.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Virginian | 5 |
| The Virginian (novel) canonical | 3 |
| The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Western novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Virginian (1914 film)
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The Virginian (1923 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Virginian (1929 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Virginian (1946 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Virginian (television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Owen Wister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEvent |
hanging of Steve
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showdown between the Virginian and Trampas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| famousLine | When you call me that, smile! ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
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romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator | Arthur I. Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person peripheral narrator ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | cowboy romance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civilization versus wilderness
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frontier justice ⓘ honor and personal integrity ⓘ romantic love across cultural differences ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hollywood Western films
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cowboy hero characterization in popular culture ⓘ later Western novels ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
depiction of cattle ranching culture in Wyoming
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early use of Western dialect and idiom ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a foundational work of Western literature
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helped define the cowboy hero archetype ⓘ helped popularize the American Western genre ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Molly Wood
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Trampas NERFINISHED ⓘ the Virginian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed Eastern narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 500 pages (first edition) ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | serialized stories about the Virginian in magazines ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Wyoming Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
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