Richard Yates
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Richard Yates was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his bleak, incisive portrayals of mid-20th-century suburban disillusionment, particularly in his novel "Revolutionary Road."
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human
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novel → novel → novel → novel → novelist → short story collection → short story collection → short story writer → |
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Richard Yates
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Richard Yates → Richard Yates → Richard Yates → Richard Yates → Richard Yates → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America
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bleak
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incisive → |
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male
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literary fiction
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literary fiction → realist fiction → realist fiction → |
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novel
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short story → |
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later American realist writers
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English
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English
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| mainTheme |
marital conflict
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suburban disillusionment → |
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postwar American literature
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realism → |
| notableWork |
A Special Providence
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Disturbing the Peace → Eleven Kinds of Loneliness → Liars in Love → Revolutionary Road → The Easter Parade → |
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novelist
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short story writer → |
| workFocus |
existential despair
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marital breakdown → mid-20th-century American life → suburban disillusionment → |
Referenced by (9)
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A Special Providence
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Disturbing the Peace → Eleven Kinds of Loneliness → Liars in Love → Revolutionary Road → The Easter Parade → |
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Revolutionary Road
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Blake Bailey
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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influenced |