The Child of Pleasure
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The Child of Pleasure is an 1889 decadent novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio that explores aristocratic hedonism, aestheticism, and moral decline in late 19th-century Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Child of Pleasure canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
decadent novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author |
Gabriele D'Annunzio
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surface form:
Gabriele D’Annunzio
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| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between morality and pleasure
ⓘ
cult of beauty ⓘ psychology of desire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic novel
ⓘ
decadent literature ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | novel-length work ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Andrea Sperelli ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
aesthete
ⓘ
dandy ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aestheticism
ⓘ
French decadent literature ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Decadentism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | fin de siècle ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Andrea Sperelli ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Roman high society
ⓘ
exploration of decadent aesthetics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Il piacere ⓘ |
| partOf | Gabriele D’Annunzio’s early narrative works ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
aestheticism
ⓘ
aristocratic hedonism ⓘ art and life ⓘ decadence ⓘ eroticism ⓘ moral decline ⓘ romantic obsession ⓘ social corruption ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.