Axël

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Axël is a seminal Symbolist drama by French writer Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, noted for its philosophical depth, decadent atmosphere, and rejection of bourgeois values.

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Axël canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Symbolist drama ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
play ⓘ
author Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre decadent literature ⓘ
drama ⓘ
philosophical drama ⓘ
hasFamousLine "Vivre? les serviteurs feront cela pour nous." ⓘ
hasForm four-act play ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Axël ⓘ
Sara ⓘ
hasReception admired for its philosophical ambition ⓘ
considered a seminal Symbolist drama ⓘ
influenced 20th-century drama ⓘ
Symbolist theatre ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
literaryStyle Symbolist ⓘ
decadent ⓘ
movement Symbolism ⓘ
notedFor decadent atmosphere ⓘ
philosophical depth ⓘ
rejection of bourgeois values ⓘ
opposes bourgeois values ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Axël ⓘ
partOf French Symbolist literature ⓘ
philosophicalCurrent idealism ⓘ
pessimism ⓘ
setting a castle in Germany ⓘ
theme idealism ⓘ
love and death ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
rejection of bourgeois society ⓘ
the futility of action ⓘ

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