Women; or, Pour et Contre
E265977
Women; or, Pour et Contre is an 1818 novel by Irish writer Charles Maturin that explores the moral and emotional conflicts surrounding love, marriage, and female virtue in contemporary society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Women; or, Pour et Contre canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2437050 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Women; or, Pour et Contre Context triple: [Charles Maturin, notableWork, Women; or, Pour et Contre]
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A.
L’École des femmes
L’École des femmes is a 1662 comedic play by Molière that satirizes male jealousy and the social constraints placed on women in 17th-century French society.
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B.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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C.
L’École des maris
L’École des maris is a 1661 comedic play by Molière that satirizes authoritarian guardianship and contrasting attitudes toward marriage and female autonomy.
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D.
Catalogue of Women
Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and myths of heroic women and their descendants.
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E.
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a dark, psychologically complex novel by Herman Melville that explores identity, morality, and family secrets in a Gothic, experimental style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Women; or, Pour et Contre Target entity description: Women; or, Pour et Contre is an 1818 novel by Irish writer Charles Maturin that explores the moral and emotional conflicts surrounding love, marriage, and female virtue in contemporary society.
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A.
L’École des femmes
L’École des femmes is a 1662 comedic play by Molière that satirizes male jealousy and the social constraints placed on women in 17th-century French society.
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B.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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C.
L’École des maris
L’École des maris is a 1661 comedic play by Molière that satirizes authoritarian guardianship and contrasting attitudes toward marriage and female autonomy.
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D.
Catalogue of Women
Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and myths of heroic women and their descendants.
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E.
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a dark, psychologically complex novel by Herman Melville that explores identity, morality, and family secrets in a Gothic, experimental style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| alternativeTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| alternativeTitleMeaning | For and Against ⓘ |
| author | Charles Maturin ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| examines |
gender roles
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reputation and honor ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| explores |
moral judgments about female behavior
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social expectations of women ⓘ tensions between passion and duty ⓘ |
| genre |
novel of manners
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romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | male ⓘ |
| hasForm | three-volume novel ⓘ |
| hasOriginalPublicationDate | 1818 ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Women; or, Pour et Contre ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
realist social observation
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sentimental fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional conflict
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female virtue ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | social attitudes toward women ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles Maturin bibliography ⓘ |
| proseForm | long prose fiction ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1818 ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary society ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Women; or, Pour et Contre Description of subject: Women; or, Pour et Contre is an 1818 novel by Irish writer Charles Maturin that explores the moral and emotional conflicts surrounding love, marriage, and female virtue in contemporary society.
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