American Depression-era literature canon
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The American Depression-era literature canon comprises influential works written during or about the Great Depression that explore economic hardship, social injustice, and the struggles of ordinary Americans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American Depression-era literature canon canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Depression-era literature canon Context triple: [The Outward Room, isPartOf, American Depression-era literature canon]
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A.
Essays on the Great Depression
Essays on the Great Depression is an influential collection of academic papers by economist Ben Bernanke analyzing the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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"Essays on the Great Depression"
"Essays on the Great Depression" is an influential collection of economic analyses by Gregory Mankiw examining the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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America’s Great Depression
America’s Great Depression is an influential economic history book by Murray Rothbard that analyzes the causes and policies surrounding the Great Depression from an Austrian School perspective.
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Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression
"Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression" is a historical study that examines how the planned New Deal community of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, sought to foster social solidarity, economic security, and democratic participation amid the hardships of the 1930s.
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Great Depression documentation projects
The Great Depression documentation projects were U.S. government-sponsored initiatives, notably under the Farm Security Administration, that hired photographers and writers to create an extensive visual and written record of American life during the economic crisis of the 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Depression-era literature canon Target entity description: The American Depression-era literature canon comprises influential works written during or about the Great Depression that explore economic hardship, social injustice, and the struggles of ordinary Americans.
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A.
Essays on the Great Depression
Essays on the Great Depression is an influential collection of academic papers by economist Ben Bernanke analyzing the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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B.
"Essays on the Great Depression"
"Essays on the Great Depression" is an influential collection of economic analyses by Gregory Mankiw examining the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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C.
America’s Great Depression
America’s Great Depression is an influential economic history book by Murray Rothbard that analyzes the causes and policies surrounding the Great Depression from an Austrian School perspective.
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D.
Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression
"Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression" is a historical study that examines how the planned New Deal community of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, sought to foster social solidarity, economic security, and democratic participation amid the hardships of the 1930s.
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E.
Great Depression documentation projects
The Great Depression documentation projects were U.S. government-sponsored initiatives, notably under the Farm Security Administration, that hired photographers and writers to create an extensive visual and written record of American life during the economic crisis of the 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literature subfield
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literary canon ⓘ |
| author |
Erskine Caldwell
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Erskine Caldwell ⓘ Erskine Caldwell ⓘ Henry Roth ⓘ Horace McCoy ⓘ Jack Conroy ⓘ James Agee ⓘ James T. Farrell ⓘ John Dos Passos ⓘ John Dos Passos ⓘ John Steinbeck ⓘ John Steinbeck ⓘ Josephine Johnson ⓘ Nathanael West ⓘ Nathanael West ⓘ Pearl S. Buck ⓘ Richard Wright ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Dust Bowl
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Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
New Deal era ⓘ
linked to:
New Deal
|
| hasEndTime | late 1930s ⓘ |
| hasForm |
documentary prose
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journalistic writing ⓘ novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
documentary fiction
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political novel ⓘ proletarian literature ⓘ regionalism ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1929 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American Dream critique
ⓘ
Dust Bowl migration ⓘ class conflict ⓘ displacement ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ family survival ⓘ gender roles ⓘ labor struggle ⓘ migration ⓘ poverty ⓘ racial inequality ⓘ racial oppression ⓘ rural crisis ⓘ social injustice ⓘ tenant farming ⓘ unemployment ⓘ urban hardship ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | Great Depression ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Call It Sleep
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God’s Little Acre ⓘ
linked to:
God's Little Acre
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men ⓘ Miss Lonelyhearts ⓘ Native Son ⓘ Now in November ⓘ Of Mice and Men ⓘ Studs Lonigan trilogy ⓘ
linked to:
Studs Lonigan
The Big Money ⓘ The Day of the Locust ⓘ
linked to:
The Day of the Locust (film)
The Disinherited ⓘ The Good Earth ⓘ The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? ⓘ
linked to:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)
Tobacco Road ⓘ U.S.A. trilogy ⓘ You Have Seen Their Faces ⓘ |
| influenced | later social protest literature in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
labor movements
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rise of leftist politics in 1930s America ⓘ unemployment crisis in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| photographer |
Margaret Bourke-White
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Walker Evans ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1931
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1932 ⓘ 1933 ⓘ 1933 ⓘ 1933 ⓘ 1934 ⓘ 1934 ⓘ 1935 ⓘ 1936 ⓘ 1937 ⓘ 1939 ⓘ 1939 ⓘ 1940 ⓘ 1941 ⓘ |
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