The Human Comedy
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The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan that portrays the lives and struggles of a small-town American family during World War II.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Human Comedy (1943 film) | 1 |
| The Human Comedy (film) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
The Human Comedy
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surface form:
The Human Comedy (1943 film)
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| author | William Saroyan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| filmDirector | Clarence Brown ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| filmScreenplayBy | William Saroyan ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | print ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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domestic fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasFormat | novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780151423011 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
book
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print ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
United States home front during World War II
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World War II – United States home front
families – fiction ⓘ small towns – fiction ⓘ telegraph messengers – fiction ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | general adult readers ⓘ |
| isInCanonOf | American literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bess Macauley
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Homer Macauley ⓘ Marcus Macauley ⓘ Mrs. Macauley ⓘ Ulysses Macauley ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacterOccupation | telegraph messenger ⓘ |
| originalPublisherLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Homer Macauley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | telegraph messenger ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace & World
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surface form:
Harcourt, Brace and Company
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| setInCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalTown | Ithaca, California ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| setInState |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| theme |
family
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innocence and coming of age ⓘ loss and grief ⓘ small-town American life ⓘ war and its effects on the home front ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | early 1940s ⓘ |
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The Human Comedy (1943 film)
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The Human Comedy (film)