Fruits of the Earth

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Fruits of the Earth is a lyrical, philosophical work by André Gide that celebrates sensual experience, personal freedom, and rebellion against conventional morality.

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Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde 1
Fruits of the Earth canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
lyrical prose ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author André Gide ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre lyrical prose ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
hasCentralConcept celebration of the present moment ⓘ
rejection of material attachment ⓘ
spiritual sensuality ⓘ
travel as inner liberation ⓘ
hasKeyCharacter the disciple Nathanaël ⓘ
linked to: Nathanael

the narrator ⓘ
hasLiteraryTone ecstatic ⓘ
exhortative ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ
hasNarrativeMode address to a disciple ⓘ
first-person ⓘ
hasNarrativeStyle aphoristic ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
poetic ⓘ
hasReception considered influential in 20th-century thought ⓘ
regarded as a manifesto of personal liberation ⓘ
hasTargetAudience young readers seeking freedom ⓘ
hasWorkTitleInOriginalLanguage Les Nourritures terrestres ⓘ
influenced 20th-century French literature ⓘ
existentialist writers ⓘ
isPartOfAuthorCareerPhase early works of André Gide ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism
mainTheme anti-bourgeois values ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
personal freedom ⓘ
rebellion against conventional morality ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
sensual experience ⓘ
opposes bourgeois respectability ⓘ
conventional morality ⓘ
religious dogmatism ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
philosophicalCurrent existential questioning ⓘ
individualist ethics ⓘ
promotesValue inner authenticity ⓘ
rejection of social conventions ⓘ
sensual enjoyment of life ⓘ

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

André Gide → notableWork → Fruits of the Earth ⓘ
Orhan Kemal → notableWork → Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde ⓘ
linked to: Fruits of the Earth