Mémoires d’outre-tombe: autobiographical narrative
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Mémoires d’outre-tombe is a monumental 19th-century autobiographical work by François-René de Chateaubriand that blends personal memoir, historical reflection, and literary meditation on his life and times.
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| Mémoires d’outre-tombe: autobiographical narrative canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mémoires d’outre-tombe: autobiographical narrative Context triple: [François-René de Chateaubriand, hasPart, Mémoires d’outre-tombe: autobiographical narrative]
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A.
Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de mon temps
Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de mon temps is a multi-volume political and personal memoir by French statesman and historian François Guizot, offering a detailed account of French political life in the first half of the 19th century.
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B.
Mémoires (autobiography)
Mémoires is the autobiographical work of Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni, in which he recounts his life, career in theater, and the cultural milieu of 18th-century Europe.
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C.
Studies of a Biographer
Studies of a Biographer is a collection of critical and biographical essays by Victorian man of letters Leslie Stephen, reflecting on the art and practice of biography.
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D.
Swann’s Way
Swann’s Way is the opening volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental modernist novel sequence In Search of Lost Time, introducing its themes of memory, time, and subjective experience.
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E.
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren is the autobiographical work of Katia Mann, offering personal recollections and insights into her life with the writer Thomas Mann and their family.
- 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: Mémoires d’outre-tombe: autobiographical narrative Target entity description: Mémoires d’outre-tombe is a monumental 19th-century autobiographical work by François-René de Chateaubriand that blends personal memoir, historical reflection, and literary meditation on his life and times.
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A.
Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de mon temps
Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de mon temps is a multi-volume political and personal memoir by French statesman and historian François Guizot, offering a detailed account of French political life in the first half of the 19th century.
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B.
Mémoires (autobiography)
Mémoires is the autobiographical work of Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni, in which he recounts his life, career in theater, and the cultural milieu of 18th-century Europe.
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C.
Studies of a Biographer
Studies of a Biographer is a collection of critical and biographical essays by Victorian man of letters Leslie Stephen, reflecting on the art and practice of biography.
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D.
Swann’s Way
Swann’s Way is the opening volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental modernist novel sequence In Search of Lost Time, introducing its themes of memory, time, and subjective experience.
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E.
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren is the autobiographical work of Katia Mann, offering personal recollections and insights into her life with the writer Thomas Mann and their family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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literary work ⓘ |
| author | François-René de Chateaubriand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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historical reflection ⓘ literary meditation ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryReputation | major classic of French literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of Chateaubriand’s travels
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political commentary ⓘ portraits of historical figures ⓘ reflections on literature and art ⓘ |
| influenced |
Romantic autobiographical writing
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later French memoirists ⓘ |
| literaryForm | autobiographical narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
French history
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life of François-René de Chateaubriand ⓘ political events of late 18th and early 19th centuries ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | retrospective narration ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of personal memoir and historical narrative
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elegiac and reflective style ⓘ influence on French Romantic literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| setting |
England
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ various European countries ⓘ |
| structure | multi-volume work ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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exile ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ political change ⓘ religion ⓘ time ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Ancien Régime
NERFINISHED
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French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic era NERFINISHED ⓘ Restoration period in France ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Memoirs from Beyond the Grave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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