Middlesex

novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1609780
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Middlesex

Summary

Middlesex is a literary work[1]. Middlesex ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (644 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Middlesex authored Jeffrey Kent Eugenides[3].
  • Middlesex received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[4].
  • Middlesex received the Q130553019[5].
  • Middlesex's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Middlesex was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux[7].
  • Middlesex's genre is intersex fiction[8].
  • Middlesex's genre is bildungsroman[9].
  • Middlesex's genre is family saga[10].
  • Middlesex's genre is historical fiction[11].
  • Middlesex's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Middlesex's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • +2002-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Middlesex[14].
  • Middlesex was released on +2002-09-04T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Middlesex's has edition or translation is recorded as Middlesex[16].
  • Middlesex's narrative location is recorded as Detroit[17].
  • Middlesex's described by source is recorded as "Theory Uncompromised by Practicality": Hybridity in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex[18].
  • Middlesex's described by source is recorded as “Sing now, O Muse, of the recessive mutation”: Interrogating the Genetic Discourse of Sex Variation with Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex[19].
  • Middlesex's described by source is recorded as Retrospective Sex: Rewriting Intersexuality in Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex[20].
  • Middlesex's described by source is recorded as D(NA) Coding the Ethnic: Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex[21].
  • Middlesex's described by source is recorded as Why Jeffrey Eugenides'MiddlesexIs So Inoffensive[22].
  • Middlesex's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Middlesex'}[23].
  • Middlesex's form of creative work is recorded as novel[24].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Middlesex authored Jeffrey Kent Eugenides[3]. Middlesex was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux[7].

Publication

Middlesex was released on +2002-09-04T00:00:00Z[15]. Middlesex's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include intersex fiction[8], bildungsroman[9], family saga[10], and historical fiction[11].

Reception

Awards received include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[4], a class of award[25], in United States[26], founded in 1948[27] and Q130553019[5].

Why It Matters

Middlesex ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (644 views/month).[2] Middlesex has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Middlesex receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[4] and Q130553019[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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