Martinus Scriblerus

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fictional character literary character prose fiction satirical character satirical work

Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical fictional scholar created collaboratively by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, to parody pedantry and flawed learning.

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Label Occurrences
Martinus Scriblerus canonical 5
Martin Scriblerus 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ
satirical character ⓘ
satirical work ⓘ
associatedWith London literary circles ⓘ
Tory ⓘ
surface form: Tory wits
author The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
surface form: Scriblerus Club
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdBy Alexander Pope ⓘ
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
John Arbuthnot ⓘ
John Gay ⓘ
Jonathan Swift ⓘ
The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
surface form: Scriblerus Club

Thomas Parnell ⓘ
depicts learned pedant ⓘ
fictionalStatus purely fictional ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Scriblerus Club works ⓘ
floruit early 18th century ⓘ
genre literary parody ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacteristic absurdly learned ⓘ
comic figure ⓘ
overly pedantic ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasNameInText Martinus Scriblerus self-link ⓘ
hasOccupation antiquary ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
inception c. 1710s ⓘ
influencedBy Augustan satire ⓘ
inspired later satirical scholars in English literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Augustan literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Martinus Scriblerus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
mainSubject false learning ⓘ
pedantry ⓘ
scholarly pretension ⓘ
mediumOfAppearance poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
notableFor embodying the Scriblerians’ critique of learning ⓘ
notableWork The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ
partOf Scriblerian satire tradition ⓘ
portrayedAs erudite but foolish scholar ⓘ
victim of misguided learning ⓘ
usedFor critique of contemporary scholarship ⓘ
parody of academic pedantry ⓘ
satire of bad taste in learning ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

The Scriblerus Club → hasFictionalCharacter → Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ
Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry → associatedWith → Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martin Scriblerus
Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry → narrativePersona → Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martin Scriblerus
Martinus Scriblerus → mainCharacter → Martinus Scriblerus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
Martinus Scriblerus → hasNameInText → Martinus Scriblerus self-link ⓘ
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus → mainCharacter → Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus → fictionalScholar → Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ