Babel Tower
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"Babel Tower" is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt that intricately weaves themes of language, law, and personal freedom within a richly detailed portrayal of 1960s England.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Babel Tower canonical | 7 |
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Target entity: Babel Tower Context triple: [A. S. Byatt, notableWork, Babel Tower]
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Nightwood
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Goodbye to Berlin
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Valley of the Geraniums
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Die Brücke
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The Magic Mountain
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Babel Tower Target entity description: "Babel Tower" is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt that intricately weaves themes of language, law, and personal freedom within a richly detailed portrayal of 1960s England.
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A.
Nightwood
Nightwood is a modernist novel by Djuna Barnes, renowned for its experimental style and pioneering portrayal of queer relationships in early 20th-century literature.
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B.
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to Berlin is a semi-autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that portrays the lives of diverse characters in pre-World War II Berlin and later inspired the musical Cabaret.
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C.
Valley of the Geraniums
Valley of the Geraniums is a secluded valley on Saint Helena best known as the original burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte, often referred to as the location of his tomb.
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D.
Die Brücke
Die Brücke was a pioneering early 20th-century German art group whose bold colors, distorted forms, and emotionally charged imagery helped define the Expressionist movement.
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E.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain is a landmark 1924 novel by Thomas Mann that follows a young man's extended stay in a Swiss sanatorium to explore themes of time, illness, and the intellectual currents of pre–World War I Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | A. S. Byatt ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement |
divorce trial
ⓘ
obscenity trial ⓘ |
| containsFictionalWork | Babbletower ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| explores |
conflicts between individual autonomy and social norms
ⓘ
relationship between language and power ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Whistling Woman ⓘ |
| follows | Still Life ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jude
ⓘ
Leo ⓘ Luk Lysgaard-Peacock ⓘ Nigel Reiver ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780701135586 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation |
academic
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
rural England ⓘ |
| includedIn | contemporary British literature syllabi ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Frederica Potter ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | intertextual novel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative structure
ⓘ
detailed portrayal of 1960s England ⓘ integration of legal transcripts and letters ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 600 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Frederica Quartet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| theme |
censorship
ⓘ
education ⓘ feminism ⓘ language ⓘ law ⓘ literary culture ⓘ marriage and divorce ⓘ personal freedom ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo |
The Tower of Babel
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surface form:
Tower of Babel
|
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Referenced by (7)
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