Xanadu
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Xanadu is the opulent, mythical pleasure-dome city evoked in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xanadu canonical | 14 |
| Xanadu (Broadway musical) | 1 |
| Xanadu (Kubla Khan) | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ mythical place ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kubla Khan
ⓘ
surface form:
Kubla Khan (poem)
Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| culturalMeaning |
symbol of hedonistic pleasure
ⓘ
symbol of imaginative excess ⓘ symbol of opulence ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
exotic landscape
ⓘ
opulent city ⓘ pleasure-dome city ⓘ |
| describedInWork | Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ancestral voices prophesying war
ⓘ
caverns measureless to man ⓘ caves of ice ⓘ demon-lover ⓘ dome of pleasure ⓘ fertile ground ⓘ forests ⓘ gardens ⓘ romantic chasm ⓘ sacred river Alph ⓘ stately pleasure-dome ⓘ sunless sea ⓘ walls and towers ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism |
artistic creation
ⓘ
dream-vision ⓘ exotic otherness ⓘ imperial power ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
romantic imagination
ⓘ
the power of art ⓘ the sublime ⓘ |
| influenced |
later depictions of utopian cities
ⓘ
use of the name Xanadu for luxurious estates ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Shangdu ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romanticism ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| mentionedInLine | In Xanadu did Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| referencedAs | name for Charles Foster Kane’s mansion in Citizen Kane ⓘ |
| referencedIn | Citizen Kane ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kubla Khan
subject surface form:
Xanadu (Citizen Kane)
this entity surface form:
Xanadu (Kubla Khan)
this entity surface form:
Xanadu (Broadway musical)