Kubla Khan (character)
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Kubla Khan is the legendary Mongol emperor depicted in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem as a visionary ruler who commands the construction of a magnificent pleasure-dome in Xanadu.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary character
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poetic persona ⓘ |
| appearsIn | "Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
orientalist fantasy
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romantic fragment ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotif |
caverns measureless to man
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sacred river Alph ⓘ sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice ⓘ vision in a dream ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Xanadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithStructure | pleasure-dome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kublai Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeInWork |
creative power
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imagination ⓘ nature and artifice ⓘ the sublime ⓘ |
| commandsConstructionOf | pleasure-dome ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction | Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
controlling a sacred river landscape
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ordering a stately pleasure-dome ⓘ |
| describedAs |
mighty emperor
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visionary ruler ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Mongol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalizedVersionOf | Kublai Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1816 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
Romantic poetry
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
awe-inspiring presence
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commanding authority ⓘ powerful imagination ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpactOn |
Romantic conceptions of the imagination
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literary depictions of Xanadu ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Kubla Khan
NERFINISHED
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Kublai Khan (poetic form) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imaginedHistoricalPeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| inspiredBySource |
Samuel Purchas’s travel writings
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travel accounts about Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
figure of imaginative power
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subject of the poem ⓘ |
| occupation | emperor ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
architect of a visionary palace
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semi-mythical ruler ⓘ |
| relatedWork | "Kubla Khan" (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulesOver | Xanadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Mongol emperor ⓘ |
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