Baron de Wolmar

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fictional character literary character nobleman

Baron de Wolmar is a central figure in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," known as Julie’s rational, enlightened husband who embodies cold reason in contrast to passionate love.

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Label	Occurrences
Baron de Wolmar canonical	4

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
appearsIn	Julie, or the New Heloise ⓘ Julie, or the New Heloise ⓘ surface form: La Nouvelle Héloïse
associatedWithTheme	Enlightenment morality ⓘ marriage ⓘ reason versus passion ⓘ social order ⓘ
characterTrait	calculating ⓘ cold ⓘ enlightened ⓘ rational ⓘ self-controlled ⓘ
conflictType	internal conflict between reason and feeling (in others) ⓘ
contrastsWith	Saint-Preux ⓘ passionate love ⓘ
createdBy	Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
embodies	Enlightenment rationality ⓘ reason ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Julie, or the New Heloise ⓘ surface form: Julie, or the New Heloise universe
firstPublicationOfWork	1761 ⓘ
governs	Clarens household ⓘ
hasRole	Julie's husband ⓘ
languageOfWork	French ⓘ
literaryFunction	didactic figure ⓘ embodiment of Enlightenment ideals ⓘ
medium	letters ⓘ
moralPosition	secular virtue ⓘ
narrativeRole	central figure ⓘ
nationalityInFiction	Russian (often interpreted as such or foreign noble) ⓘ
readerReception	interpreted as Rousseau’s critique of pure rationalism ⓘ often criticized as cold and inhuman ⓘ
relationshipToJulie	protector ⓘ
relationshipToSaint-Preux	Julie's rival in love ⓘ
settingOfActivity	Clarens, Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Clarens
socialStatus	aristocrat ⓘ
spouseOf	Julie d’Étanges ⓘ
symbolizes	calculated virtue ⓘ rational social organization ⓘ
workIsInGenre	epistolary novel ⓘ
workIsInMovement	Enlightenment literature ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Julie, or the New Heloise → mainCharacter → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ

Julie d’Étanges is engaged to Baron de Wolmar → engagedTo → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ

subject surface form: Julie d’Étanges

Saint-Preux → closeTo → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ

Julie d’Étanges → hasHusband → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ