The Adventure of the German Student
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"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction work
ⓘ
horror story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French Revolution in literature ⓘ |
| author | Washington Irving ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresElement |
decapitation
ⓘ
guillotine ⓘ haunted atmosphere ⓘ mysterious woman ⓘ stormy night ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
scholar
ⓘ
spectral woman ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
critique of revolutionary violence
ⓘ
exploration of psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
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isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ revolution ⓘ romantic obsession ⓘ supernatural ⓘ terror ⓘ uncertainty of reality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Gottfried Wolfgang ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| partOf |
Washington Irving
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Irving's Gothic tales
|
| protagonistNationality | German ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | student ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | French Revolution ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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macabre ⓘ |
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