Tancred, or The New Crusade

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literary work novel

Tancred, or The New Crusade is a mid-19th-century novel by Benjamin Disraeli that blends political satire, social commentary, and religious themes through the story of an idealistic young nobleman seeking spiritual and national renewal in the East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
authorOccupation British statesman ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
exploresConcept East as source of religious renewal ⓘ
crusade as spiritual mission ⓘ
role of nobility in national destiny ⓘ
genre political novel ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm prose ⓘ
hasSubtitle Tancred, or The New Crusade self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The New Crusade
hasTitle Tancred ⓘ
historicalContext 19th-century British politics ⓘ
literaryMovement Young England movement ⓘ
literaryTechnique political allegory ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Tancred ⓘ
narrativeFocus critique of contemporary British politics ⓘ
quest for spiritual renewal ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Disraeli political trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Benjamin Disraeli’s political trilogy
protagonistDescription idealistic young nobleman ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publicationPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
relatedWork Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
surface form: Coningsby

Sybil, or The Two Nations ⓘ
surface form: Sybil
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setting Holy Land ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme Jewish–Christian relations ⓘ
aristocracy and leadership ⓘ
national renewal ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
relationship between church and state ⓘ
religion ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
spiritual renewal ⓘ

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Coningsby, or The New Generation → followedBy → Tancred, or The New Crusade ⓘ
Tancred, or The New Crusade → hasSubtitle → Tancred, or The New Crusade self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The New Crusade
Benjamin Disraeli → notableWork → Tancred, or The New Crusade ⓘ