Main Street
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Main Street is a 1920 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis that critiques small-town American life and conformity through the experiences of its idealistic protagonist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Main Street canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Main Street (1923 film)
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Main Street (1936 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Sinclair Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (initially recommended) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
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satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Guy Pollock
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Miles Bjornstam NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymie Wutherspoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Vida Sherwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later American social novels ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
middle class in the United States
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small towns in literature ⓘ social criticism in literature ⓘ |
| influenced | Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISBN | various editions; public domain in some jurisdictions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PS3523.E94 M3 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dr. Will Kennicott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial depiction of provincialism
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detailed portrayal of Midwestern small-town life ⓘ |
| OCLC | 1646081 ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | American literature canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | breakthrough novel of Sinclair Lewis ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Trail of the Hawk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Carol Kennicott
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Carol Milford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1920 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Gopher Prairie
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Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
conformity
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critique of small-town American life ⓘ gender roles ⓘ individualism vs. community pressure ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.