Bruges-la-Morte

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Bruges-la-Morte is a symbolist novel by Georges Rodenbach that portrays a widower’s obsessive mourning in the melancholic, death-haunted city of Bruges.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bruges-la-Morte canonical 6
Paul in "Bruges-la-Morte" 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
symbolist novel ⓘ
adaptationComposer Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ
adaptationLibrettist Julius Korngold ⓘ
adaptedAs opera ⓘ
author Georges Rodenbach ⓘ
centralConflict obsessive mourning for dead wife ⓘ
containsIllustrations true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Belgium ⓘ
firstBookPublicationDate 1892 ⓘ
firstBookPublisher Flammarion ⓘ
linked to: Ernest Flammarion
firstPublicationDate 1892 ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial publication ⓘ
firstPublisher Le Figaro ⓘ
genre Symbolism ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Die tote Stadt ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ
hasFrenchTitle Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ
influenced James Joyce ⓘ
The Dead ⓘ
isSetIn Flanders ⓘ
literaryForm prose fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement Symbolism ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of symbolist literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Hugues Viane ⓘ
motif bells ⓘ
canals ⓘ
doppelgänger ⓘ
hair of the dead wife ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor integration of photographs into the narrative ⓘ
portrayal of Bruges as a living, morbid entity ⓘ
numberOfPhotographsInFirstEdition 35 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
periodOfWork fin de siècle ⓘ
placeOfSetting Bruges ⓘ
protagonistStatus widower ⓘ
settingCharacteristic death-haunted city ⓘ
melancholic atmosphere ⓘ
theme city as character ⓘ
death ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mourning ⓘ
obsession ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Die tote Stadt → basedOn → Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ
Georges Rodenbach → notableWork → Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ
Bruges-la-Morte → hasEnglishTitle → Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ
Bruges-la-Morte → hasFrenchTitle → Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ
The Dead City → basedOn → Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ
Paul (Die tote Stadt) → basedOn → Paul in "Bruges-la-Morte" ⓘ
subject linked to: Paul
linked to: Bruges-la-Morte
Marie → basedOn → Bruges-la-Morte ⓘ