Call It Sleep
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Call It Sleep is a landmark 1934 novel by Henry Roth that portrays the inner life and struggles of a young Jewish immigrant boy growing up in New York City's Lower East Side.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Call It Sleep canonical | 3 |
| “Call It Sleep” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3718103 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Call It Sleep Context triple: [Jewish American literature, hasNotableWork, Call It Sleep]
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
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C.
Milkman Dead
Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
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D.
Nightwood
Nightwood is a modernist novel by Djuna Barnes, renowned for its experimental style and pioneering portrayal of queer relationships in early 20th-century literature.
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E.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Call It Sleep Target entity description: Call It Sleep is a landmark 1934 novel by Henry Roth that portrays the inner life and struggles of a young Jewish immigrant boy growing up in New York City's Lower East Side.
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
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C.
Milkman Dead
Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
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D.
Nightwood
Nightwood is a modernist novel by Djuna Barnes, renowned for its experimental style and pioneering portrayal of queer relationships in early 20th-century literature.
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E.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | radio dramatization ⓘ |
| author | Henry Roth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalStanding |
considered a classic of Jewish American literature
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considered one of the great American immigrant novels ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish American literature
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coming-of-age novel ⓘ immigrant novel ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-374-52902-1 ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Jewish American writers
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later immigrant narratives in American literature ⓘ |
| languageDevice |
phonetic rendering of Yiddish and accented English
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symbolic use of biblical and religious imagery ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | David Schearl ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive use of interior monologue
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innovative representation of multilingual speech ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer |
Henry Roth's first novel
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only major work by Henry Roth for several decades ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | young boy ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | Eastern European Jewish immigrant family ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| publisher | Robert O. Ballou ⓘ |
| reception |
initially modest sales
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rediscovered and acclaimed in the 1960s ⓘ |
| reissue | 1960s paperback edition ⓘ |
| reissuePublisher | Avon Books ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City
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linked to:
Brownsville, Brooklyn
Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City ⓘ
linked to:
Lower East Side
|
| subjectMatter |
life in New York City tenements
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psychological interiority of a child ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood and psychological development
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family conflict ⓘ identity and assimilation ⓘ immigrant experience in America ⓘ language and perception ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Call It Sleep Description of subject: Call It Sleep is a landmark 1934 novel by Henry Roth that portrays the inner life and struggles of a young Jewish immigrant boy growing up in New York City's Lower East Side.
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