L’Amour fou
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L’Amour fou is a seminal Surrealist text by André Breton that explores the concept of mad love as a revolutionary force in art and life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L’Amour fou canonical | 2 |
| L'Amour fou | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5558795 — 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: L’Amour fou Context triple: [André Breton, notableWork, L’Amour fou]
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A.
L’Amour menaçant
L’Amour menaçant is an 18th-century Rococo marble sculpture by Étienne-Maurice Falconet depicting a mischievous Cupid poised to demand silence.
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B.
L’Amour, la fantasia
L’Amour, la fantasia is a landmark 1985 novel by Algerian writer Assia Djebar that blends autobiography, historical narrative, and feminist reflection to explore Algeria’s colonial past and women’s voices.
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C.
Hollywood Rose
Hollywood Rose was an early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock band that served as a precursor to and featured future members of Guns N' Roses.
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D.
Love in the Big City
Love in the Big City is a popular Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy film known for its lighthearted take on modern relationships and urban life.
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E.
A Fine Romance
"A Fine Romance" is a popular 1936 jazz standard by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time.
- 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: L’Amour fou Target entity description: L’Amour fou is a seminal Surrealist text by André Breton that explores the concept of mad love as a revolutionary force in art and life.
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A.
L’Amour menaçant
L’Amour menaçant is an 18th-century Rococo marble sculpture by Étienne-Maurice Falconet depicting a mischievous Cupid poised to demand silence.
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B.
L’Amour, la fantasia
L’Amour, la fantasia is a landmark 1985 novel by Algerian writer Assia Djebar that blends autobiography, historical narrative, and feminist reflection to explore Algeria’s colonial past and women’s voices.
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C.
Hollywood Rose
Hollywood Rose was an early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock band that served as a precursor to and featured future members of Guns N' Roses.
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D.
Love in the Big City
Love in the Big City is a popular Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy film known for its lighthearted take on modern relationships and urban life.
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E.
A Fine Romance
"A Fine Romance" is a popular 1936 jazz standard by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Surrealist text
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book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Surrealist movement in Paris ⓘ |
| author | André Breton ⓘ |
| authorBelongsToMovement | André Breton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
love as a force that disrupts rational order
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love as a means of accessing the marvelous ⓘ |
| explores |
fusion of life, love, and artistic creation
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relationship between chance encounters and love ⓘ |
| focusesOn | intersection of personal experience and Surrealist theory ⓘ |
| genre | Surrealism ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
amour fou
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automatic experience of love ⓘ marvelous ⓘ objective chance ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Surrealist literary criticism
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theory of romantic love in avant‑garde art ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
mad love
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marvelous real ⓘ objective chance in love ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first‑person reflective narrative ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a seminal Surrealist text ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
erotic love
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poetic imagination ⓘ revolutionary potential of passion ⓘ subversion of bourgeois norms ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
essay
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prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French Surrealism
ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealism
|
| literaryTradition | French avant‑garde literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Surrealist conception of desire
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love as a revolutionary force ⓘ mad love ⓘ relationship between love and art ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of mad love as a revolutionary force in life and art
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influence on Surrealist theory of love and desire ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | 20th‑century literature ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent | Surrealist philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
critique of rationalism through love
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liberation of desire ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Manifestoes of Surrealism
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Nadja ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L’Amour fou Description of subject: L’Amour fou is a seminal Surrealist text by André Breton that explores the concept of mad love as a revolutionary force in art and life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: L’Amour fou