An American Dream
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"An American Dream" is a 1965 novel by Norman Mailer that blends psychological drama, crime, and social critique to explore violence, masculinity, and moral decay in mid-20th-century America.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| An American Dream canonical | 16 |
| An American Dream (1965 novel) | 1 |
| An American Dream (1966 film) | 1 |
| An American Dream (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T472949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An American Dream Context triple: [Norman Mailer, notableWork, An American Dream]
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A.
American Dream
The American Dream is the ideal that every person in the United States can achieve prosperity, success, and upward social mobility through hard work and opportunity.
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B.
America's Sweetheart
America's Sweetheart is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, reflecting her immense popularity and wholesome public image in early Hollywood.
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C.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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D.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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E.
Mistress America
Mistress America is a 2015 indie comedy film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a lonely college freshman who is drawn into the chaotic life of her soon-to-be stepsister in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An American Dream Target entity description: "An American Dream" is a 1965 novel by Norman Mailer that blends psychological drama, crime, and social critique to explore violence, masculinity, and moral decay in mid-20th-century America.
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A.
American Dream
The American Dream is the ideal that every person in the United States can achieve prosperity, success, and upward social mobility through hard work and opportunity.
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B.
America's Sweetheart
America's Sweetheart is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, reflecting her immense popularity and wholesome public image in early Hollywood.
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C.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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D.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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E.
Mistress America
Mistress America is a 2015 indie comedy film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a lonely college freshman who is drawn into the chaotic life of her soon-to-be stepsister in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
An American Dream
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
An American Dream (1966 film)
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| alternateFilmTitle | See You in Hell, Darling ⓘ |
| author | Norman Mailer ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Stephen Rojack is a former congressman
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Stephen Rojack is a television talk-show host ⓘ Stephen Rojack is a war hero ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | mixed reviews ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Robert Gist ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Eleanor Parker
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Janet Leigh ⓘ Stuart Whitman ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial in Esquire magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| form | expanded from magazine serial ⓘ |
| genre |
crime novel
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-440-34010-4 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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noir fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American society
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masculinity ⓘ moral decay ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of crime narrative and philosophical reflection
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controversial depiction of violence against women ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | Norman Mailer’s mid-career works ⓘ |
| plotElement |
exploration of guilt and responsibility
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interaction with criminal underworld ⓘ murder of the protagonist's wife ⓘ |
| protagonist | Stephen Rojack ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dial Press ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: An American Dream Description of subject: "An American Dream" is a 1965 novel by Norman Mailer that blends psychological drama, crime, and social critique to explore violence, masculinity, and moral decay in mid-20th-century America.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
An American Dream (1966 film)
this entity surface form:
An American Dream (1965 novel)
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
subject surface form:
Stephen Rojack
this entity surface form:
An American Dream (novel)