Goodbye to All That (essay)

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"Goodbye to All That" is Joan Didion’s influential personal essay reflecting on her disillusionment with and departure from New York City, noted for its incisive style and exploration of youth, memory, and loss.

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instanceOf essay ⓘ
author Joan Didion ⓘ
containsElement autobiographical reflection on marriage ⓘ
depiction of early career in New York ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation influential ⓘ
widely anthologized ⓘ
exploresRelationshipBetween memory and narrative ⓘ
personal myth and reality ⓘ
place and identity ⓘ
firstPublicationForm magazine essay ⓘ
frequentlyStudiedIn American literature courses ⓘ
creative nonfiction courses ⓘ
genre autobiographical essay ⓘ
literary nonfiction ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn contemporary personal essays about New York City ⓘ
memoir writing about young adulthood in cities ⓘ
hasTitle Goodbye to All That ⓘ
inCollection Slouching Towards Bethlehem ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement New Journalism ⓘ
mainSubject New York City ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
leaving New York City ⓘ
loss ⓘ
memory ⓘ
youth ⓘ
narrativeForm retrospective account ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Joan Didion ⓘ
portrays New York City as both seductive and destructive ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
settingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
styleCharacteristic fragmented chronology ⓘ
incisive prose ⓘ
introspective analysis ⓘ
theme emotional cost of ambition ⓘ
end of youth ⓘ
failure of romantic expectations ⓘ
idealization of places ⓘ
myth of New York ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
titleAlludesTo farewell and finality ⓘ
tone disenchanted ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ

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