Bruges-la-Morte
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Bruges-la-Morte is a symbolist novel by Georges Rodenbach that portrays a widower’s obsessive mourning in the melancholic, death-haunted city of Bruges.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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symbolist novel ⓘ |
| adaptationComposer | Erich Wolfgang Korngold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLibrettist | Julius Korngold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | opera ⓘ |
| author | Georges Rodenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | obsessive mourning for dead wife ⓘ |
| containsIllustrations | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBookPublicationDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| firstBookPublisher | Flammarion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Le Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Symbolism
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Die tote Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Bruges-la-Morte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFrenchTitle | Bruges-la-Morte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
James Joyce
NERFINISHED
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The Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSetIn | Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of symbolist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hugues Viane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
bells
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canals ⓘ doppelgänger ⓘ hair of the dead wife ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of photographs into the narrative
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portrayal of Bruges as a living, morbid entity ⓘ |
| numberOfPhotographsInFirstEdition | 35 GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | fin de siècle ⓘ |
| placeOfSetting | Bruges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | widower ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic |
death-haunted city
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melancholic atmosphere ⓘ |
| theme |
city as character
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death ⓘ memory ⓘ mourning ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
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