Sometimes a Great Notion
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Sometimes a Great Notion is a 1964 novel by Ken Kesey that portrays the defiant Stamper logging family in rural Oregon and is widely regarded as one of his major works of American literature.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sometimes a Great Notion canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Sometimes a Great Notion (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ken Kesey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sometimes a Great Notion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered |
classic of American literature
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major work of Ken Kesey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
logging family
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logging industry ⓘ small-town life in Oregon ⓘ |
| director | Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
American literature
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fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0140045295 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | ~600 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Hank Stamper
NERFINISHED
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Leland Stamper NERFINISHED ⓘ Stamper family NERFINISHED ⓘ Viv Stamper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multiple narrators
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shifting points of view ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
nonlinear narrative
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precededBy | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
|
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | rural area ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Oregon
NERFINISHED
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Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
American frontier myth
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defiance ⓘ environment and nature ⓘ family conflict ⓘ individualism ⓘ labor disputes ⓘ loyalty ⓘ masculinity ⓘ union versus independent labor ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | line from the song "Goodnight, Irene" ⓘ |
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