Charles Dexter Ward
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Charles Dexter Ward is a fictional young antiquarian from Providence whose obsession with his occult ancestry leads to madness and horror in H. P. Lovecraft’s novella.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| ancestor | Joseph Curwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Case of Charles Dexter Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
alchemy
ⓘ
forbidden knowledge ⓘ necromancy ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfMadness | obsession with occult ancestry ⓘ |
| conflict | identity with Joseph Curwen ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | New England schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyBackground | old Providence family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasDoctor | Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | serialized posthumous publication ⓘ |
| hasInterest |
antiquities
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genealogy ⓘ occultism ⓘ |
| hasMediumAdaptation |
audio dramas
ⓘ
film adaptations ⓘ radio plays ⓘ |
| killedBy | Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | weird fiction of the 1920s ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| mentalState | madness ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | antiquarian ⓘ |
| partOfWorkCorpus | works of H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookForm | Arkham House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Joseph Curwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyForm | novella ⓘ |
| storyWrittenYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| themeOfStory |
danger of forbidden knowledge
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degenerate heredity ⓘ survival of the past in the present ⓘ |
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