Minna

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Minna is a character in Honoré de Balzac’s mystical novel "Séraphîta," representing human love and devotion in contrast to the work’s spiritual and androgynous protagonist.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Séraphîta NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre mystical novel
appearsInSectionOfLaComedieHumaine Études philosophiques NERFINISHED
associatedWithAuthorMovement French Romanticism NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme devotional attachment
mysticism
spiritual love versus human love
characterInWorkBy Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
contrastsWith Séraphîta NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork France NERFINISHED
createdBy Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
hasNotableRelationshipWith Séraphîta NERFINISHED
languageOfWork French
medium prose fiction
narrativeFunction human counterpart to Séraphîta’s spiritual nature
partOf La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED
represents devotion
human love
roleInWork devoted admirer of Séraphîta
embodiment of earthly, human affection
thematicFunction contrast to spiritual and androgynous ideal
workPublicationCentury 19th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dame_Minna_Jane_Ollie_Croft_Young givenName Minna
subject surface form: Dame Minna Jane Ollie Croft Young
Séraphîta hasCharacter Minna
Minna Bluff namedAfter Minna