Love in Excess
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Love in Excess is an early 18th-century amatory novel by Eliza Haywood that explores intense passion, desire, and the complexities of romantic entanglements in Restoration-era high society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Love in Excess canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7136129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love in Excess Context triple: [Eliza Haywood, notableWork, Love in Excess]
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A.
Love in Vain
"Love in Vain" is a classic blues song by Robert Johnson, renowned for its haunting lyrics and later popularized through a celebrated cover by The Rolling Stones.
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B.
Mad Love
"Mad Love" is a 1935 psychological horror film starring Peter Lorre (credited as László Löwenstein), known for its macabre tale of obsession and surgical mutilation.
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C.
Mad Love
"Mad Love" is a popular dancehall-pop song by Jamaican artist Sean Paul, known for its catchy hook and club-friendly production.
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D.
Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses is a 1937 American comedy film best known for featuring comedian Bert Lahr in an early screen role.
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E.
Love That Burns
"Love That Burns" is a blues track originally by Fleetwood Mac, later covered by Gary Moore on his tribute album to Peter Green.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Love in Excess Target entity description: Love in Excess is an early 18th-century amatory novel by Eliza Haywood that explores intense passion, desire, and the complexities of romantic entanglements in Restoration-era high society.
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A.
Love in Vain
"Love in Vain" is a classic blues song by Robert Johnson, renowned for its haunting lyrics and later popularized through a celebrated cover by The Rolling Stones.
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B.
Mad Love
"Mad Love" is a 1935 psychological horror film starring Peter Lorre (credited as László Löwenstein), known for its macabre tale of obsession and surgical mutilation.
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C.
Mad Love
"Mad Love" is a popular dancehall-pop song by Jamaican artist Sean Paul, known for its catchy hook and club-friendly production.
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D.
Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses is a 1937 American comedy film best known for featuring comedian Bert Lahr in an early screen role.
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E.
Love That Burns
"Love That Burns" is a blues track originally by Fleetwood Mac, later covered by Gary Moore on his tribute album to Peter Green.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English literature work
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amatory fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Eliza Haywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between passion and virtue
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constraints of social decorum ⓘ female agency in love and desire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1719 ⓘ |
| firstPublisherLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
amatory novel
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romance fiction ⓘ sentimental fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
aristocratic lovers
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coquettes ⓘ rakes ⓘ virtuous heroines ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
reassessed as important to novel history
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recognized as a key work of Eliza Haywood ⓘ studied in feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Love in Excess, Part I
NERFINISHED
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Love in Excess, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ Love in Excess, Part III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the English novel ⓘ |
| literaryContext |
early English novel tradition
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rise of women writers in the 18th century ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
desire
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gender and power dynamics ⓘ intense passion ⓘ marriage and courtship ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ social reputation ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | love affairs of aristocratic characters ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial success in early 18th century
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depiction of female desire ⓘ early example of amatory fiction in English ⓘ |
| originalAudience |
literate urban readers
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readers of early 18th-century romance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Restoration era ⓘ |
| settingPlace | high society ⓘ |
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