Template:Did you know nominations/Band of Angels (novel)

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The result was: promoted by Premeditated Chaos talk 15:53, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Band of Angels (novel)

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... that literary critic Leslie Fiedler called the novel Band of Angels "operatic in the worst sense of the word"?

Source: Fiedler, Leslie A. (1955-09-26). "Romance in the Operatic Manner." The New Republic, vol. 26. pp. 28-30.

ALT1: ... that Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Penn Warren wrote a novel called Band of Angels about a woman who is enslaved in order to pay her father's debts? Source: "Band of Angels" Review (1955-08-01). Bulletin from Virginia Kirkus' Service. New York: Kirkus Media, LLC.
ALT2: ... that Robert Penn Warren's novel Band of Angels was adapted into a film starring Clark Gable and Sidney Poitier? Source: Band of Angels. Turner Classic Movies. Accessed 2024-06-16.
Reviewed:

Created by MattMauler (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

MattMauler (talk) 03:37, 17 June 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall:

Looks good, thanks for expanding the article! I'm partial to the initial hook, but either of the ALTs will work too. ThaesOfereode (talk) 23:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)