The 42nd Parallel

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:miniseries
gptkbp:adaptation_year gptkb:1970
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:none
gptkb:theater
gptkb:film
none known
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:none
gptkbp:author gptkb:John_Dos_Passos
gptkbp:character_development complex characters
interconnected stories
gptkbp:characters gptkb:Evelyn
gptkb:Joe
gptkb:Janey
gptkb:Mac
gptkbp:cover_artist gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:critical_analysis explores class struggle
analyzes American culture
discusses individualism
examines capitalism
questions the American dream
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
well-received
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:significant
influenced later writers
reflected societal issues
gptkbp:first_edition hardcover
gptkbp:followed_by 1919
gptkbp:genre gptkb:historical_fiction
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkb:World_War_I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The 42nd Parallel
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Beat_Generation
gptkb:On_the_Road
gptkb:The_Grapes_of_Wrath
postmodern literature
gptkbp:influenced_by European literature
socialist ideas
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Modernist_literature
American literature
social realism
modernist literature
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:inspired various authors
gptkbp:isbn 978-0-14-243724-7
978-0-06-093441-5
978-0-15-162800-0
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literary_devices symbolism
imagery
irony
foreshadowing
allusion
gptkbp:motif gptkb:migration
industrialization
urbanization
disillusionment
gptkbp:narrative third-person
gptkbp:narrative_style gptkb:Modernist
stream of consciousness
multiple perspectives
polyphonic
gptkbp:notable_characters gptkb:Mary
gptkb:Joe
gptkb:Mac
gptkbp:notable_quote " The past is never dead. It's not even past."
" The future is a thing that is not yet here."
" We are all part of the same story."
" The American dream is a dream of the past."
" History is a story told by the victors."
gptkbp:page_count 400
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:U._S._A._Trilogy
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:none
none known
gptkbp:protagonist Various characters
gptkbp:publication hardcover
paperback
gptkbp:published gptkb:1930
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Harcourt_Brace
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:The_Big_Money
1919
gptkbp:setting gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:significance depicts early 20th century America
gptkbp:structure episodic
gptkbp:style experimental
gptkbp:themes American identity
social change
capitalism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Dos_Passos
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4