The Natural (novel)
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The Natural (novel) is a 1952 sports fiction book by Bernard Malamud that follows the tragic, mythic rise and fall of baseball prodigy Roy Hobbs.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Natural | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
baseball novel
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novel ⓘ sports fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedToFilm | The Natural (1984 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Bernard Malamud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Harriet Bird
NERFINISHED
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Iris Lemon NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Mercy NERFINISHED ⓘ Memo Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Pop Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Hobbs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Judge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Milton Glaser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutNovelOf | Bernard Malamud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
baseball fiction
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sports fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Natural (1984 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-374-52269-4 ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion |
cost of greatness
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integrity versus success ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 231 ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | Wonderboy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Arthurian legend
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myth of the Fisher King ⓘ myth of the Holy Grail ⓘ |
| languageStyle | realist with mythic elements ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roy Hobbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
corruption and temptation
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failure and redemption ⓘ mythic quest ⓘ rise and fall of a sports hero ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mythic treatment of American baseball
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tragic ending ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American sports literature canon ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | baseball player ⓘ |
| protagonistTeam | New York Knights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt Brace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| sportsDepicted | baseball ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
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