Owen Warland
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Owen Warland is the delicate, visionary watchmaker in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Artist of the Beautiful,” whose obsessive pursuit of aesthetic perfection isolates him from practical society.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ watchmaker ⓘ |
| achieves | creation of an artificial butterfly ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Artist of the Beautiful
NERFINISHED
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short story ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Romanticism
NERFINISHED
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aestheticism ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
conflict between art and practicality
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isolation of the artist ⓘ pursuit of aesthetic perfection ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
delicate
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idealistic ⓘ imaginative ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| characterType | visionary artist ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Peter Hovenden
NERFINISHED
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Robert Danforth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creationSymbolizes |
the fragility of artistic achievement
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the triumph of spiritual beauty over materialism ⓘ |
| embodies | Hawthorne’s idea of the artist ⓘ |
| experiences |
ridicule for his work
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social alienation ⓘ |
| failsAt | conforming to practical expectations ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1844 (via the story) ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (via the story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Annie Hovenden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCriticizedBy | Peter Hovenden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIsolatedBy | his artistic obsession ⓘ |
| isMisunderstoodBy | practical society ⓘ |
| judgedBy | bourgeois values of usefulness ⓘ |
| literaryRole | protagonist of The Artist of the Beautiful ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire to embody the beautiful in art
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love of beauty ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | watchmaker ⓘ |
| pursues | the creation of a mechanical butterfly ⓘ |
| relationshipToAnnieHovenden | unrequited admirer GENERATED ⓘ |
| represents | the tension between inner vision and outer reality ⓘ |
| setInWorkBy | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| specializesIn | delicate mechanical work ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
artistic idealism
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spiritualized art ⓘ the pure artist ⓘ |
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