Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee
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Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee is a fictional early 20th-century professor of political economy at Miskatonic University who becomes the central victim of cosmic mind-exchange and lost-time phenomena in H. P. Lovecraft’s novella "The Shadow Out of Time."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| affiliation | Miskatonic University faculty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Shadow Out of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Great Race of Yith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkAuthor | Howard Phillips Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeConnection |
cosmic horror
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lost time ⓘ mind exchange ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovers | physical evidence confirming his visions of the Great Race of Yith ⓘ |
| educationRole | academic researcher ⓘ |
| employer | Miskatonic University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Peaslee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation | father of Wingate Peaslee ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | human being ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | political economy ⓘ |
| fullName | Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | cosmic horror ⓘ |
| givenName | Nathaniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investigates | ancient ruins in the Australian desert ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterLifeEvent | partial recovery of original personality ⓘ |
| literaryOrigin | Weird Tales magazine publication of The Shadow Out of Time ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| mentalHealthEvent | sudden personality change following mind exchange ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
first-person narrator
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protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being mentally displaced across time by the Great Race of Yith
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reconstructing his lost years through research and testimony ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of political economy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at Miskatonic University ⓘ |
| residence | Arkham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Arkham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyFunction | vehicle for exploration of deep time and alien history ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
human insignificance in the cosmos
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identity loss ⓘ unreliable memory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| undergoes |
cosmic mind-exchange
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episodes of amnesia ⓘ lost-time phenomena ⓘ |
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