The Magic Mountain
E43761
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Magic Mountain canonical | 14 |
| Der Zauberberg | 7 |
| The Magic Mountain (1982 film) | 1 |
| The Magic Mountain (novel) | 1 |
| The Magic Mountain (opera) | 1 |
| The Magic Mountain universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: The Magic Mountain Context triple: [Thomas Mann, notableWork, The Magic Mountain]
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A.
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann that chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family across several generations and helped establish him as a major figure in modern literature.
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B.
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.
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C.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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D.
Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden is a historic and grand boulevard in central Berlin, Germany, renowned for its cultural institutions, landmarks, and role as a major ceremonial avenue.
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E.
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Magic Mountain Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann that chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family across several generations and helped establish him as a major figure in modern literature.
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B.
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.
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C.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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D.
Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden is a historic and grand boulevard in central Berlin, Germany, renowned for its cultural institutions, landmarks, and role as a major ceremonial avenue.
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E.
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| awarded | Nobel Prize in Literature context ⓘ |
| character |
Clawdia Chauchat
ⓘ
Joachim Ziemßen ⓘ Leo Naphta ⓘ Lodovico Settembrini ⓘ Mynheer Peeperkorn ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Thomas Mann's reputation as a Nobel laureate ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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modernist novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Magic Mountain (1982 film)
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The Magic Mountain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Magic Mountain (opera)
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| hasLiteraryStatus | classic of 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European intellectual currents
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ |
| languageStyle | complex prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hans Castorp ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of tuberculosis sanatorium life
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exploration of time and temporality ⓘ philosophical dialogues ⓘ symbolic use of illness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| protagonist | Hans Castorp ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| publisher | S. Fischer Verlag ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Alps
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surface form:
Swiss Alps
sanatorium ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre–World War I Europe ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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humanism ⓘ illness ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ love ⓘ modernity ⓘ time ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ war ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage |
The Magic Mountain
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Der Zauberberg
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Subject: The Magic Mountain Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (25)
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