Laputa
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Laputa is a fictional flying island inhabited by absent-minded intellectuals and scientists in Jonathan Swift's satirical novel "Gulliver's Travels."
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional island
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ flying island ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gulliver's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Enlightenment-era scientific debate ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| controls | Balnibarbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator | Jonathan Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | novel Gulliver's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Gulliver's Travels universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Gulliver's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| governedBy | king of Laputa ⓘ |
| governingMethod |
threat of blocking sunlight and rain to Balnibarbi
ⓘ
threat of crushing cities beneath it ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyTheory | possibly derived from Spanish la puta ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
astronomical observatories
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central adamantine loadstone ⓘ mathematical instruments ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of flying cities ⓘ |
| inhabitants |
absent-minded scholars
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intellectuals ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture | referenced in discussions of impractical academia ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationRelativeToEarth | floating above Balnibarbi ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| movementMechanism | magnetic levitation ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | satirical device ⓘ |
| partOf | the world of Gulliver's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationTrait |
absent-minded
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preoccupied with mathematics ⓘ socially inept ⓘ |
| requires | flappers to get inhabitants' attention ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Royal Society-style scientific culture
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impractical intellectualism ⓘ theoretical science ⓘ |
| shape | circular ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
abuse of scientific knowledge for power
ⓘ
detached intellectualism ⓘ |
| timeOfPublicationContext | 18th century literature ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Jonathan Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1726 ⓘ |
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