Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego
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Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego is the opening section of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, introducing the central characters and the nostalgic, elegiac tone of the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego Context triple: [Brideshead Revisited, hasPart, Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego]
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A.
Sonnets to Orpheus
Sonnets to Orpheus is a celebrated cycle of 55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke that meditates on art, death, and transformation through the mythic figure of Orpheus.
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Et in Arcadia ego
Et in Arcadia ego is a famous 17th-century painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through an image of Arcadian shepherds contemplating a tomb.
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C.
The Cantos
The Cantos is Ezra Pound’s long, unfinished modernist epic poem that weaves together history, politics, economics, and literature in a highly allusive, fragmented style.
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D.
The Awakening of Adonis
The Awakening of Adonis is a mythological painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts the goddess Venus rousing her mortal lover Adonis, rendered in the artist’s characteristic Pre-Raphaelite-inspired style of romantic, detailed, and atmospheric storytelling.
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E.
The Winding Stair and Other Poems
The Winding Stair and Other Poems is a 1933 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending mystical symbolism with meditations on aging, history, and spiritual transformation.
- 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: Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego Target entity description: Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego is the opening section of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, introducing the central characters and the nostalgic, elegiac tone of the story.
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A.
Sonnets to Orpheus
Sonnets to Orpheus is a celebrated cycle of 55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke that meditates on art, death, and transformation through the mythic figure of Orpheus.
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B.
Et in Arcadia ego
Et in Arcadia ego is a famous 17th-century painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through an image of Arcadian shepherds contemplating a tomb.
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C.
The Cantos
The Cantos is Ezra Pound’s long, unfinished modernist epic poem that weaves together history, politics, economics, and literature in a highly allusive, fragmented style.
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D.
The Awakening of Adonis
The Awakening of Adonis is a mythological painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts the goddess Venus rousing her mortal lover Adonis, rendered in the artist’s characteristic Pre-Raphaelite-inspired style of romantic, detailed, and atmospheric storytelling.
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E.
The Winding Stair and Other Poems
The Winding Stair and Other Poems is a 1933 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending mystical symbolism with meditations on aging, history, and spiritual transformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
ⓘ
part of novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorReligion | Roman Catholicism of Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| author | Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| frameNarrativeTime |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| functionInNarrative |
establishes central relationships
ⓘ
establishes reflective frame narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
Catholic novel component
ⓘ
bildungsroman component ⓘ novel section ⓘ social satire component ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter |
Brideshead (the elder son)
ⓘ
Julia Flyte ⓘ Lady Marchmain ⓘ Lord Marchmain (in recollection) ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Marchmain
Sebastian Flyte ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charles Ryder
ⓘ
Sebastian Flyte ⓘ members of the Flyte family ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Charles Ryder ⓘ |
| partOf | Brideshead Revisited ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfContainingWork | 1945 ⓘ |
| setting |
Brideshead Castle
ⓘ
Oxford University ⓘ
linked to:
University of Oxford
|
| structuralRole | opening section of Brideshead Revisited ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
aestheticism ⓘ class and aristocracy ⓘ decadence ⓘ friendship ⓘ lost youth ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1920s
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interwar period ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | the presence of death in idyllic settings ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | "Even in Arcadia, there am I" ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
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nostalgic ⓘ |
| workContainedIn |
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
ⓘ
linked to:
Brideshead Revisited
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