The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that humorously subverts traditional Western tropes through the tale of a newly married sheriff returning with his bride to a small frontier town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Stephen Crane ⓘ
character Jack Potter ⓘ
Jack Potter's bride ⓘ
Scratchy Wilson ⓘ
townspeople of Yellow Sky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublishedIn McClure's Magazine ⓘ
genre Western fiction ⓘ
comic fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio adaptation ⓘ
television adaptation ⓘ
hasSymbol Scratchy Wilson as a relic of the Old West ⓘ
the train bringing Eastern civilization ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter the bride of Jack Potter ⓘ
includedIn collections of Stephen Crane's short stories ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Naturalism ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Jack Potter ⓘ
Jack Potter's bride ⓘ
Scratchy Wilson ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeTechnique detailed descriptive imagery ⓘ
use of irony ⓘ
notableFor humorous subversion of traditional Western showdown ⓘ
portrayal of the decline of frontier violence ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre Stephen Crane's Western stories ⓘ
linked to: Stephen Crane
periodOfWork late 19th century American literature ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication United States ⓘ
plotSummary A newly married town marshal, Jack Potter, returns to Yellow Sky with his bride, disrupting the expectations of local gunman Scratchy Wilson and symbolizing the civilizing of the frontier. ⓘ
protagonist Jack Potter ⓘ
publicationYear 1898 ⓘ
publisher McClure's Magazine ⓘ
setting Yellow Sky, a fictional frontier town in Texas ⓘ
structure divided into four sections ⓘ
studiedIn American literature courses ⓘ
theme conflict between civilization and the frontier ⓘ
end of the Old West ⓘ
marriage and domesticity ⓘ
masculinity and social roles ⓘ
subversion of Western hero tropes ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century American West ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
ironic ⓘ

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Jack Potter → fictionalUniverse → The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ⓘ
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The Little Regiment → hasWork → The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ⓘ
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