Dance on My Grave: A Life and a Death in Four Parts, One Hundred and Seventeen Bits, Six Running Reports and Two Press Clippings, with a Few Jokes
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"Dance on My Grave: A Life and a Death in Four Parts, One Hundred and Seventeen Bits, Six Running Reports and Two Press Clippings, with a Few Jokes" is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers that explores a passionate and tragic gay teenage relationship through an experimental, fragmented narrative structure.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Aidan Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Barry Gorman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
documents within the narrative
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non-linear chronology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
intensity of first love
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mourning and survivor guilt ⓘ social attitudes toward homosexuality ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT literature
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coming-of-age novel ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasLGBTContent | yes ⓘ |
| hasTitleShortForm | Dance on My Grave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | English-language book market ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary young adult literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early depiction of gay teens in YA literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
gay teenage relationship
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identity and sexuality ⓘ love and grief ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | experimental narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | fragmented structure ⓘ |
| narrator | Hal Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frank treatment of adolescent sexuality
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innovative narrative form in YA fiction ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first book in the Dance sequence ⓘ |
| protagonist | Hal Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| series | Dance sequence ⓘ |
| setting | English seaside town ⓘ |
| structureElement |
press clippings
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running reports ⓘ short narrative bits ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
death of a lover
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family relationships ⓘ teenage rebellion ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| tone | mix of humor and tragedy ⓘ |
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Dance on My Grave: A Life and a Death in Four Parts, One Hundred and Seventeen Bits, Six Running Reports and Two Press Clippings, with a Few Jokes
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