Against Nature
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Against Nature is the English title of Joris-Karl Huysmans’s influential 1884 decadent novel centered on the reclusive aesthete Jean des Esseintes and his obsessive pursuit of artificial beauty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Against Nature canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Against Nature Context triple: [À rebours, titleTranslation, Against Nature]
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A.
Two Against Nature
Two Against Nature is a 2000 comeback studio album by jazz-rock duo Steely Dan that won multiple Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.
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B.
Système de la nature
Système de la nature is an influential 1770 philosophical treatise that presents a thorough materialist and atheist view of the universe, rejecting religious explanations in favor of natural laws.
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C.
Of Nature in Men
"Of Nature in Men" is a short philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that explores different human temperaments and how they can be shaped or moderated.
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D.
La Pensée sauvage
La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
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E.
Die Einheit der Natur
Die Einheit der Natur is a philosophical work by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker that explores the conceptual foundations and unity of the natural sciences.
- 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: Against Nature Target entity description: Against Nature is the English title of Joris-Karl Huysmans’s influential 1884 decadent novel centered on the reclusive aesthete Jean des Esseintes and his obsessive pursuit of artificial beauty.
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A.
Two Against Nature
Two Against Nature is a 2000 comeback studio album by jazz-rock duo Steely Dan that won multiple Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.
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B.
Système de la nature
Système de la nature is an influential 1770 philosophical treatise that presents a thorough materialist and atheist view of the universe, rejecting religious explanations in favor of natural laws.
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C.
Of Nature in Men
"Of Nature in Men" is a short philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that explores different human temperaments and how they can be shaped or moderated.
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D.
La Pensée sauvage
La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
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E.
Die Einheit der Natur
Die Einheit der Natur is a philosophical work by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker that explores the conceptual foundations and unity of the natural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
decadent novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | inspired various stage and literary adaptations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Against the Grain ⓘ |
| author | Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between artificial beauty and natural life ⓘ |
| character | Jean des Esseintes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic novel
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novel ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Against Nature
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Against the Grain (alternative translation) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Decadent literature in England
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Oscar Wilde ⓘ The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ |
| languageStyle | ornate and descriptive prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Decadent movement
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linked to:
Decadentism
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| literarySignificance |
key work of French Decadent movement
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major influence on fin-de-siècle literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jean des Esseintes ⓘ |
| motif |
decay
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exoticism ⓘ sensual excess ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inner life and obsessions of Jean des Esseintes ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
detailed catalogues of art, literature, and sensory experiences
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rejection of naturalism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | À rebours ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | reclusive aesthete ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1884 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charpentier ⓘ |
| setting | France ⓘ |
| settingDetail | a secluded house in the Paris suburbs ⓘ |
| structure | largely plotless, episodic ⓘ |
| theme |
aestheticism
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artificiality versus nature ⓘ decadence ⓘ isolation ⓘ sensory experimentation ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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