In Dubious Battle
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In Dubious Battle is a 1936 novel by John Steinbeck that portrays the struggles and moral complexities of labor organizing during a fruit pickers’ strike in California.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| In Dubious Battle canonical | 13 |
| In Dubious Battle (1936 novel) | 1 |
| In Dubious Battle (novel) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
union organizing tactics
ⓘ
violence during labor disputes ⓘ |
| explores |
the ethics of political manipulation
ⓘ
Völkerpsychologie ⓘ
surface form:
the psychology of crowds
|
| filmAdaptationDirector | James Franco ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
agricultural labor
ⓘ
migrant workers ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Of Mice and Men
ⓘ
The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
proletarian novel ⓘ social realist novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | In Dubious Battle (2016 film) ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | California agricultural labor conflicts ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
American realism
|
| literarySignificance | early exploration of Steinbeck’s social themes ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class struggle
ⓘ
collective action ⓘ labor organizing ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ power and exploitation ⓘ |
| majorCharacter |
Doc Burton
ⓘ
Joy ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Mac McLeod ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| organizationDepicted | the Party ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | John Steinbeck’s labor trilogy ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jim Nolan ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisher | Covici-Friede ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| settingRegion | Torgas Valley ⓘ |
| subject |
fruit pickers’ strike
ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
Great Depression
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surface form:
Great Depression era
|
| titleAlludesTo | “In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven” ⓘ |
| titleOrigin |
Paradise Lost
ⓘ
surface form:
John Milton’s Paradise Lost
|
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Steinbeck
this entity surface form:
In Dubious Battle (1936 novel)
subject surface form:
the Party (In Dubious Battle)
this entity surface form:
In Dubious Battle (novel)