The Book of Repulsive Women
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The Book of Repulsive Women is a 1915 modernist poetry and illustration collection by Djuna Barnes that explores taboo themes of female sexuality, urban life, and marginalization in a stark, experimental style.
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| The Book of Repulsive Women canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Book of Repulsive Women Context triple: [Djuna Barnes, notableWork, The Book of Repulsive Women]
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
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The Golden Age of Grotesque
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The Book of Repulsive Women Target entity description: The Book of Repulsive Women is a 1915 modernist poetry and illustration collection by Djuna Barnes that explores taboo themes of female sexuality, urban life, and marginalization in a stark, experimental style.
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A.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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B.
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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C.
The Golden Age of Grotesque
The Golden Age of Grotesque is a 2003 studio album by Marilyn Manson that blends industrial metal with cabaret and Weimar-era aesthetics in a provocative, theatrical concept.
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D.
The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex is a 1943 British wartime drama film that follows the experiences of several women who join the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II.
-
E.
The Respectful Prostitute
The Respectful Prostitute is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of racism, injustice, and moral responsibility in the American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
illustrated book
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modernist work ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Djuna Barnes ⓘ |
| contains |
poem "From Fifth Avenue Up"
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poem "Suicide" ⓘ poem "To a Cabaret Dancer" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception |
controversial at time of publication
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later recognized as an important modernist text ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ryder ⓘ |
| format | chapbook ⓘ |
| genre |
illustrated poetry
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modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart | line drawings ⓘ |
| hasReprint |
1970s reissue
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20th-century scholarly editions ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cabaret performers
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sex workers ⓘ social outsiders ⓘ working-class women ⓘ |
| illustrator | Djuna Barnes ⓘ |
| influenced |
later feminist literary criticism
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queer modernist studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of poetry and expressionistic drawings
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early depiction of lesbian themes in American literature ⓘ portrayal of women as grotesque and transgressive figures ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 8 ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 18 ⓘ |
| partOf | Djuna Barnes bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| publishedInSeries | Bruno Chap Books ⓘ |
| publisher | Guido Bruno ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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urban nightlife ⓘ |
| style |
experimental
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stark ⓘ |
| theme |
female sexuality
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gender nonconformity ⓘ lesbian desire ⓘ marginalization ⓘ taboo subjects ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| tone |
grotesque
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satirical ⓘ |
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