La cathédrale
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"La Cathédrale" is a 1898 novel by French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans that explores Catholic mysticism and spiritual transformation through the protagonist’s immersion in the architecture and symbolism of Chartres Cathedral.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Cathédrale | 5 |
| La cathédrale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: La cathédrale Context triple: [Joris-Karl Huysmans, notableWork, La cathédrale]
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Achter de Dom
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Le Curé de Tours
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Cathedral
"Cathedral" is a celebrated short story by Raymond Carver that explores themes of communication, perception, and human connection through an encounter between a sighted man and a blind visitor.
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D.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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E.
La Dame de Monsoreau
La Dame de Monsoreau is a historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas set in 16th-century France, continuing the saga of intrigue, romance, and political conflict begun in Queen Margot.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: La cathédrale Target entity description: "La Cathédrale" is a 1898 novel by French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans that explores Catholic mysticism and spiritual transformation through the protagonist’s immersion in the architecture and symbolism of Chartres Cathedral.
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A.
Achter de Dom
Achter de Dom is a historic street in the center of Utrecht, Netherlands, located just behind the city’s iconic Dom Tower and cathedral complex.
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B.
Le Curé de Tours
Le Curé de Tours is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intrigues, provincial politics, and clerical rivalries in a small French town.
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C.
Cathedral
"Cathedral" is a celebrated short story by Raymond Carver that explores themes of communication, perception, and human connection through an encounter between a sighted man and a blind visitor.
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D.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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E.
La Dame de Monsoreau
La Dame de Monsoreau is a historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas set in 16th-century France, continuing the saga of intrigue, romance, and political conflict begun in Queen Margot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
architecture of Chartres Cathedral
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iconography of Chartres Cathedral ⓘ Chartres Cathedral ⓘ
surface form:
stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral
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| followedBy | L’Oblat ⓘ |
| genre |
Catholic novel
ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ symbolist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Durtal ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Catholic liturgy
ⓘ
Christian symbolism ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage |
La cathédrale
self-link
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surface form:
La Cathédrale
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| influencedBy |
Catholic theology
ⓘ
medieval Christian art ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Decadentism
ⓘ
surface form:
Decadent movement
Naturalism ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Durtal ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed descriptions of Chartres Cathedral
ⓘ
exploration of Catholic spirituality ⓘ integration of art history and fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Durtal cycle ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris ⓘ |
| precededBy | En route ⓘ |
| protagonist | Durtal ⓘ |
| publicationForm | book ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Plon ⓘ |
| setting |
Chartres
ⓘ
Chartres Cathedral ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholic mysticism
ⓘ
Marian devotion ⓘ conversion to Catholicism ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ spiritual transformation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | third novel in the Durtal series ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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