L’Amour et l’Occident
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L’Amour et l’Occident is Denis de Rougemont’s influential 1939 study of Western notions of romantic love, especially the tradition of passionate but often tragic love rooted in medieval courtly literature.
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| L’Amour et l’Occident canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L’Amour et l’Occident Context triple: [Denis de Rougemont, originalTitle, L’Amour et l’Occident]
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A.
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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B.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
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C.
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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D.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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E.
Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West is a 1975 comedy film about an aspiring writer who stumbles into acting in low-budget Westerns in 1930s Hollywood.
- 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: L’Amour et l’Occident Target entity description: L’Amour et l’Occident is Denis de Rougemont’s influential 1939 study of Western notions of romantic love, especially the tradition of passionate but often tragic love rooted in medieval courtly literature.
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A.
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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B.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
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C.
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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D.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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E.
Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West is a 1975 comedy film about an aspiring writer who stumbles into acting in low-budget Westerns in 1930s Hollywood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cultural history study ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
Western passion-love has roots in medieval Cathar and troubadour culture
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Western romantic love ideal is linked to a desire for suffering ⓘ Western romantic love ideal is often opposed to stable marriage ⓘ courtly love is structurally adulterous ⓘ |
| author | Denis de Rougemont ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| examines |
heretical traditions in Western love
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individualism in Western love ⓘ notions of romantic love in the West ⓘ relationship between love and death ⓘ relationship between love and marriage ⓘ religious roots of romantic passion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
courtly love poetry
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myth of Tristan and Iseult ⓘ
linked to:
legend of Tristan and Iseult
tradition of passionate love ⓘ tragic love ⓘ troubadour tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
literary theory
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philosophy of love ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Love in the Western World ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural history of the West
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literary criticism of courtly love ⓘ studies of romantic love ⓘ |
| literaryTraditionDiscussed |
French courtly romance
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German medieval literature ⓘ Occitan troubadour poetry ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western culture
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courtly love ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on 20th-century debates about love and marriage
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linking romantic love to religious heresy ⓘ theory of passion-love as anti-marriage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| periodDiscussed |
Middle Ages
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modern Western society ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative literature
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historical analysis ⓘ psychological interpretation ⓘ theological interpretation ⓘ |
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Subject: L’Amour et l’Occident Description of subject: L’Amour et l’Occident is Denis de Rougemont’s influential 1939 study of Western notions of romantic love, especially the tradition of passionate but often tragic love rooted in medieval courtly literature.
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