Tristram Shandy
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Tristram Shandy is a comic, digressive 18th-century novel by Laurence Sterne, famous for its unconventional narrative structure and playful metafictional style.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Tristram Shandy Context triple: [Jacques le fataliste et son maître, influencedBy, Tristram Shandy]
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The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews is a comic novel by Henry Fielding that parodies the sentimental fiction of its time and is considered a foundational work of the English realistic novel.
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The Idler
The Idler is a series of essays by Samuel Johnson, published in the mid-18th century, known for its moral reflection, social commentary, and character sketches in a lighter, more accessible style than some of his other works.
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The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers is Charles Dickens's first novel, a comic episodic work following the misadventures of Samuel Pickwick and his fellow club members that helped establish Dickens's early fame.
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A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that critiques religious excesses and literary pretension through an allegorical tale of three brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tristram Shandy Target entity description: Tristram Shandy is a comic, digressive 18th-century novel by Laurence Sterne, famous for its unconventional narrative structure and playful metafictional style.
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A.
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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B.
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews is a comic novel by Henry Fielding that parodies the sentimental fiction of its time and is considered a foundational work of the English realistic novel.
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C.
The Idler
The Idler is a series of essays by Samuel Johnson, published in the mid-18th century, known for its moral reflection, social commentary, and character sketches in a lighter, more accessible style than some of his other works.
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D.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers is Charles Dickens's first novel, a comic episodic work following the misadventures of Samuel Pickwick and his fellow club members that helped establish Dickens's early fame.
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E.
A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that critiques religious excesses and literary pretension through an allegorical tale of three brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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metafictional work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Laurence Sterne ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| firstPublisher |
Robert Dodsley
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surface form:
R. and J. Dodsley
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| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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experimental literature ⓘ metafiction ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Cock and Bull Story
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Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tristram Shandy (1981 TV series)
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| hasCharacter |
Corporal Trim
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Dr. Slop ⓘ Mrs. Shandy ⓘ Yorick ⓘ
surface form:
Parson Yorick
Uncle Toby ⓘ Walter Shandy ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Tristram Shandy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tristram Shandy (character)
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| hasPart |
Tristram Shandy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Volume 1 of Tristram Shandy
Volume 2 of Tristram Shandy ⓘ Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 3 of Tristram Shandy
Volume 4 of Tristram Shandy ⓘ Volume 5 of Tristram Shandy ⓘ Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 6 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 7 of Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 8 of Tristram Shandy
Volume 9 of Tristram Shandy ⓘ |
| influenced |
modernist literature
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Augustan literature
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Enlightenment literature ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
digressive
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nonlinear ⓘ self‑reflexive ⓘ |
| narrator |
Tristram Shandy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tristram Shandy (character)
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| notableFor |
breaking the fourth wall
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digressive storytelling ⓘ playful metafictional devices ⓘ typographical experimentation ⓘ unconventional narrative structure ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 9 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationEndDate | 1767 ⓘ |
| publicationStartDate | 1759 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| title |
Tristram Shandy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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