Lourdes
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Lourdes is an 1894 novel by Émile Zola that critically explores religious faith, pilgrimage, and alleged miracles surrounding the famous Marian shrine in southwestern France.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| basedOn | Zola’s observations at Lourdes ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Doctor Chassaigne
ⓘ
Father Fourcade ⓘ Marie de Guersaint ⓘ
surface form:
Madame de Guersaint
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts | Marian apparitions at Lourdes as a social phenomenon ⓘ |
| examines |
psychology of crowds
ⓘ
suggestibility and mass belief ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Paris
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCentralCharacter |
Abbé Pierre Froment
ⓘ
Marie de Guersaint ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
controversial among Catholic readers
ⓘ
praised for documentary realism ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 500 pages ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Paris
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | Lourdes self-link ⓘ |
| includedInBibliographyOf | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| isCritiqueOf |
Catholic pilgrimage practices
ⓘ
belief in miraculous cures ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
naturalist literature
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
ⓘ
surface form:
Marian shrine of Lourdes
miracles ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ religious faith ⓘ |
| movement | Naturalism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Les Trois Villes ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1894 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charpentier et Fasquelle ⓘ |
| setIn |
France
ⓘ
Lourdes self-link ⓘ |
| theme |
commercialization of faith
ⓘ
conflict between faith and reason ⓘ critique of organized religion ⓘ mass pilgrimage ⓘ social misery and illness ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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