The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
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The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus canonical | 2 |
| Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus | 1 |
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Target entity: The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus Context triple: [The Scriblerus Club, notableWork, The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus]
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The Scriblerus Club
The Scriblerus Club was an early 18th-century London literary circle, including figures like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, that satirized pretentious learning and bad taste through collaborative works.
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The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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Voltaire’s Bastards
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
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The Humorous Courtier
The Humorous Courtier is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes courtly manners and affectation in early 17th-century England.
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Martinus Scriblerus
Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical fictional scholar created collaboratively by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, to parody pedantry and flawed learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus Target entity description: The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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A.
The Scriblerus Club
The Scriblerus Club was an early 18th-century London literary circle, including figures like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, that satirized pretentious learning and bad taste through collaborative works.
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B.
The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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C.
Voltaire’s Bastards
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
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D.
The Humorous Courtier
The Humorous Courtier is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes courtly manners and affectation in early 17th-century England.
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E.
Martinus Scriblerus
Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical fictional scholar created collaboratively by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, to parody pedantry and flawed learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English literature
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literary work ⓘ satirical prose work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexander Pope
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John Arbuthnot ⓘ Jonathan Swift ⓘ The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
surface form:
Scriblerus Club
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| author |
Alexander Pope
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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ John Arbuthnot ⓘ John Gay ⓘ Jonathan Swift ⓘ Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
surface form:
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
Thomas Parnell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| createdByGroup |
The Scriblerus Club
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surface form:
Scriblerus Club
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| featuresCharacterType |
pedant
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scholar ⓘ |
| fictionalScholar | Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ |
| genre |
prose fiction
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satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of academic pretension
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mock scholarship ⓘ satire of learned societies ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 18th-century British intellectual culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical satire
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scholarly treatises of the period ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
burlesque
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irony ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Martinus Scriblerus ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| parodies |
false learning
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pedantry ⓘ scholarly affectation ⓘ |
| partOf | Scriblerian satire tradition ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gulliver's Travels
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The Dunciad ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
education of Martinus Scriblerus
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erudition and folly ⓘ misuse of learning ⓘ |
| targetAudience | readers of Augustan satire ⓘ |
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Subject: The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus Description of subject: The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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