The Marble Faun
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The Marble Faun is a romantic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne set in Italy that explores themes of art, guilt, and moral ambiguity through the intertwined lives of four expatriates.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Marble Faun canonical | 10 |
| The Marble Faun; or, The Romance of Monte Beni | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
The Marble Faun
ⓘ
surface form:
The Marble Faun; or, The Romance of Monte Beni
|
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| centralEvent | a murder committed by Donatello ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
classical sculpture
ⓘ
crime and confession ⓘ the double ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
conflict between pagan joy and Christian conscience
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psychological consequences of crime ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | two volumes ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Hawthorne's travels in Italy
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Italian Renaissance art ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's major romances ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Donatello
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Hilda ⓘ Kenyon ⓘ Miriam ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Blithedale Romance ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | young Italian count nicknamed Donatello ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1860 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ticknor and Fields ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Italy
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| structure | four-part novel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholicism and Protestantism
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art ⓘ expatriate life ⓘ guilt ⓘ innocence and experience ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ sin ⓘ The Fall of Man ⓘ
surface form:
the Fall of Man
|
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | statue of a faun by Praxiteles ⓘ |
| UKTitle | Transformation ⓘ |
| USTitle | The Marble Faun self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Marble Faun; or, The Romance of Monte Beni