An Angel at My Table (book)

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"An Angel at My Table" is an autobiographical work by New Zealand author Janet Frame, chronicling her difficult childhood, misdiagnosed mental illness, and eventual emergence as a celebrated writer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography ⓘ
book ⓘ
adaptationDirector Jane Campion ⓘ
adaptationFormat feature film ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ
author Janet Frame ⓘ
countryOfOrigin New Zealand ⓘ
describes Janet Frame’s development as a writer ⓘ
Janet Frame’s difficult childhood ⓘ
Janet Frame’s emergence as a celebrated author ⓘ
electroconvulsive therapy ⓘ
life in psychiatric institutions ⓘ
misdiagnosed mental illness ⓘ
threat of lobotomy ⓘ
followedBy The Envoy from Mirror City ⓘ
follows To the Is-Land ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasAdaptation An Angel at My Table (film) ⓘ
hasInfluenced New Zealand autobiographical writing ⓘ
representations of mental illness in literature ⓘ
hasPerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainSubject Janet Frame ⓘ
childhood ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
writing career ⓘ
narrativeLocation New Zealand ⓘ
notableFor insight into New Zealand literary culture ⓘ
portrayal of psychiatric misdiagnosis ⓘ
partOf Janet Frame autobiography trilogy ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1980s ⓘ
publisher Women’s Press ⓘ
setting mid-20th-century New Zealand ⓘ
theme creativity and art ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
identity ⓘ
institutionalization ⓘ
madness and sanity ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
social stigma ⓘ

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An Angel at My Table → basedOn → An Angel at My Table (book) ⓘ
Janet Frame → hasAutobiographicalWork → An Angel at My Table ⓘ
linked to: An Angel at My Table (book)
K. J. Wilson → notableWork → An Angel at My Table ⓘ
linked to: An Angel at My Table (book)