Baron de Wolmar

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Baron de Wolmar is a central figure in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," known as Julie’s rational, enlightened husband who embodies cold reason in contrast to passionate love.

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Baron de Wolmar canonical 4

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
appearsIn Julie, or the New Heloise ⓘ
La Nouvelle Héloïse ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Enlightenment morality ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
reason versus passion ⓘ
social order ⓘ
characterTrait calculating ⓘ
cold ⓘ
enlightened ⓘ
rational ⓘ
self-controlled ⓘ
conflictType internal conflict between reason and feeling (in others) ⓘ
contrastsWith Saint-Preux ⓘ
passionate love ⓘ
createdBy Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
embodies Enlightenment rationality ⓘ
reason ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Julie, or the New Heloise universe ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1761 ⓘ
governs Clarens household ⓘ
hasRole Julie's husband ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
literaryFunction didactic figure ⓘ
embodiment of Enlightenment ideals ⓘ
medium letters ⓘ
moralPosition secular virtue ⓘ
narrativeRole central figure ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Russian (often interpreted as such or foreign noble) ⓘ
readerReception interpreted as Rousseau’s critique of pure rationalism ⓘ
often criticized as cold and inhuman ⓘ
relationshipToJulie protector ⓘ
relationshipToSaint-Preux Julie's rival in love ⓘ
settingOfActivity Clarens ⓘ
socialStatus aristocrat ⓘ
spouseOf Julie d’Étanges ⓘ
symbolizes calculated virtue ⓘ
rational social organization ⓘ
workIsInGenre epistolary novel ⓘ
workIsInMovement Enlightenment literature ⓘ

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

Julie, or the New Heloise → mainCharacter → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ
Julie d’Étanges → engagedTo → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ
Saint-Preux → closeTo → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ
Julie d’Étanges → hasHusband → Baron de Wolmar ⓘ