Love in the Western World
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Love in the Western World is a seminal 1939 study by Denis de Rougemont that traces the cultural and literary origins of Western notions of romantic and passionate love, especially through the tradition of courtly and troubadour poetry.
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| Love in the Western World canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love in the Western World Context triple: [Denis de Rougemont, notableWork, Love in the Western World]
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A.
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 American romantic drama film starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty that explores repressed sexuality, emotional breakdown, and societal expectations in 1920s Kansas.
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B.
The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
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C.
L’Amour fou
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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D.
Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a 1954 MGM musical fantasy film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years.
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E.
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 seafaring adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, known for its maritime salvage drama set in the 1840s along the Florida coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love in the Western World Target entity description: Love in the Western World is a seminal 1939 study by Denis de Rougemont that traces the cultural and literary origins of Western notions of romantic and passionate love, especially through the tradition of courtly and troubadour poetry.
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A.
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 American romantic drama film starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty that explores repressed sexuality, emotional breakdown, and societal expectations in 1920s Kansas.
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B.
The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
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C.
L’Amour fou
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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D.
Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a 1954 MGM musical fantasy film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years.
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E.
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 seafaring adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, known for its maritime salvage drama set in the 1840s along the Florida coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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cultural history ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| argues |
Western romantic love is linked to a cult of passion and suffering
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Western romantic love often opposes social and marital institutions ⓘ the ideal of passionate love is historically constructed ⓘ |
| author | Denis de Rougemont ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Love in the Western World ⓘ |
| examines |
Christian and heretical influences on love
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Provençal troubadour poetry ⓘ courtly love tradition ⓘ myth of Tristan and Isolde ⓘ
linked to:
legend of Tristan and Iseult
relationship between love and marriage in Western culture ⓘ relationship between love and suffering ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural origins of Western romantic love
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literary origins of Western romantic love ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual history
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philosophy of love ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Christian theological perspective
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existential perspective ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies of romance
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later studies of love and sexuality ⓘ literary theory on courtly love ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western culture
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courtly love ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ passionate love ⓘ romantic love ⓘ troubadour poetry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its influence on 20th-century thought about love
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linking courtly love to religious and heretical movements ⓘ tracing genealogy of Western romantic ideology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L’Amour et l’Occident ⓘ |
| periodCovered |
Middle Ages
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Renaissance ⓘ modern era ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| topic |
agape
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eros ⓘ heresy ⓘ marriage ⓘ myth ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Montgomery Belgion ⓘ |
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