Honoria (character in The Angel in the House)
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Honoria is the idealized beloved and later wife in Coventry Patmore’s Victorian narrative poem "The Angel in the House," embodying the era’s ideal of feminine domestic virtue.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Honoria | 0 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ poetry character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Angel in the House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInLiteraryPeriod | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Coventry Patmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
domesticity
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gender roles ⓘ idealized love ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| createdBy | Coventry Patmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Angel in the House, published 1854–1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | Victorian narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasSpouseInFiction | Felix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedReceptionOf | Victorian domestic ideology ⓘ |
| interpretedByCriticsAs |
cultural stereotype of submissive wife
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patriarchal feminine ideal ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of feminine domestic virtue
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idealized beloved ⓘ |
| relationshipToFelix |
beloved
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later wife ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
beloved
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wife ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Victorian ideal of womanhood
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conjugal devotion ⓘ domestic virtue ⓘ self‑sacrificing femininity ⓘ |
| usedAs | model of the “angel in the house” ideal ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.