Il piacere
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Il piacere is a decadent novel by Gabriele D'Annunzio that explores aestheticism, sensuality, and moral ambiguity in late 19th-century Roman high society.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
decadent novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Gabriele D'Annunzio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| depicts |
Roman high society
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aristocratic salons ⓘ artistic collecting and connoisseurship ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
Decadentism
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Pleasure
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The Child of Pleasure ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Italian narrative prose
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Italian decadent literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French Decadent literature
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Gabriele D'Annunzio's own aesthetic theories ⓘ Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Decadentism
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surface form:
Decadent movement
|
| literarySignificance |
considered a key work of Italian Decadentism
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one of Gabriele D'Annunzio's most famous novels ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Andrea Sperelli
ⓘ
Elena Muti ⓘ Maria Ferres ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Il piacere self-link ⓘ |
| partOf | D'Annunzio's early narrative cycle ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | Roman aristocrat and aesthete ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
aesthetic refinement
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emotional instability ⓘ hedonism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| publisher | Treves ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| settingTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
ornate prose
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psychological introspection ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic ideal
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aestheticism ⓘ aristocratic society ⓘ art and life ⓘ boredom and ennui ⓘ decadence ⓘ eroticism ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ narcissism ⓘ sensuality ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gabriele D'Annunzio