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concept/vanity
15 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
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graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/truth
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/the_common_man
concept/beauty
concept/imagination
histref/victorian_england
form/biography
character/king_alfred_2
character/christ
character/charlotte_bront
character/william_morris
character/lord_byron
character/alexander_pope
character/st_francis_of_assisi
character/robert_louis_stevenson
character/edmond_rostand
character/charles_ii
character/thomas_carlyle
character/leo_tolstoy
character/girolamo_savonarola
character/sir_walter_scott
character/bret_harte
character/maurice_maeterlinck
character/john_ruskin
character/queen_victoria
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii_the_german_emperor
character/alfred_lord_tennyson
character/elizabeth_barrett_browning
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
concept/democracy
concept/doubt
concept/self_denial_and_renunciation
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_of_language
concept/vanity
concept/individualism
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
concept/hero_worship
concept/the_spirit_of_romance
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/crown
motif/court_2
setting/italy
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/germany
archetype/king
archetype/prophet
form/satire
form/verse_drama
histref/puritanism
histref/renaissance
histref/christianity
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/medieval_england
histref/danish_invasions
histref/battle_of_ethandun
histref/king_alfred
Jul 24, 2026
TO MR. PYE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
concept/literary_criticism
concept/satire_of_society
concept/vanity
Jul 24, 2026
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
graph/work
setting/europe
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/satire
form/adventure_fiction
concept/honour
concept/heroism
concept/vanity
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/revenge
motif/horse
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/fire
histref/napoleon
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
setting/poland
setting/battlefield
character/brigadier_gerard
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The Adventures of Gerard
graph/work
setting/europe
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/short_story
concept/vanity
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/satire_of_society
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/journey
motif/prison
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/napoleon
setting/france
setting/continental_europe_brussels
setting/battlefield
character/brigadier_gerard
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
archetype/fool
topos/war_as_glory
Jul 24, 2026
George Bernard Shaw
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/paradox
histref/puritanism
histref/irish_question
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/doubt
form/verse_drama
character/julius_caesar
character/cleopatra
character/hamlet
character/george_bernard_shaw
character/william_shakespeare
character/henrik_ibsen
character/friedrich_nietzsche
character/oscar_wilde
character/jonathan_swift
character/napoleon_bonaparte
character/charles_stewart_parnell
character/candida
character/mrs_warren
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/poverty
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/resurrection
concept/fanaticism
concept/vanity
concept/creative_evolution_and_the_superman
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/world_upside_down
topos/vanitas
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/music_and_song
motif/animals
motif/home
setting/london
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
setting/germany
setting/ireland
archetype/orphan
archetype/prophet
archetype/rebel
form/epigram
form/satire
form/problem_play
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
Robert Louis Stevenson
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/joy
concept/imagination
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/heroism
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/disillusionment
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/the_double
motif/childhood
motif/nightingale
motif/the_journey
histref/christianity
histref/puritanism
setting/scotland
archetype/double_doppelganger
character/long_john_silver
character/jim_hawkins
character/alan_breck_stewart
character/david_balfour
character/jekyll_and_hyde
character/james_durie_master_of_ballantrae
character/henry_durie
character/ephraim_mackellar
character/weir_of_hermiston
character/attwater
character/huish
character/loudon_dodd
character/prince_florizel_of_bohemia
character/skelt
concept/courage
concept/conscience
concept/creativity_and_artistic_labor
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/nostalgia
concept/vanity
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/mortality
concept/identity
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
topos/quest
topos/golden_age
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/light_and_dark
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/disease_and_contagion
motif/toy_theatre
setting/paris
setting/america
setting/london
setting/edinburgh
setting/south_seas_pacific_islands
archetype/child
archetype/shadow
archetype/artist
archetype/quest_hero
form/essay
form/gothic_novel
form/historical_novel
form/detective_fiction
histref/aestheticism_and_the_decadent_movement
Jul 24, 2026
ON A READER OF HIS OWN VERSES
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
concept/literary_criticism
concept/vanity
concept/satire_of_society
motif/animals
Jul 24, 2026
More Peers
graph/work
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/comic_verse_song
form/satire
form/poem
concept/satire_of_society
concept/class_conflict
concept/vanity
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/nonsense
motif/money_and_gold
motif/flag
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/london
archetype/corrupt_official
topos/world_upside_down
Jul 24, 2026
Lambkin's Remains
graph/work
concept/immortality_of_art_fame
form/nonfiction
author/belloc
form/satire
form/parody
form/essay
concept/satire_of_society
concept/classical_education
concept/hypocrisy
concept/vanity
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/conformity_vs_individualism
motif/book_reading
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/oxford
archetype/pharisee
archetype/the_teacher
Jul 24, 2026
How I Found the Superman
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_grotesque
concept/terror_and_horror
topos/world_upside_down
motif/madness
motif/wind
motif/the_grave
archetype/monster
form/short_story
form/satire
form/parody
setting/london
character/lady_hypatia_hagg
character/dr_hagg
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/vanity
concept/eugenics
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/light_and_dark
histref/george_bernard_shaw
histref/h_g_wells
Jul 24, 2026
DEAR BROTHER JEM
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
concept/literary_criticism
concept/satire_of_society
motif/letters_writing
concept/vanity
Jul 24, 2026
Caliban's Guide to Letters
graph/work
concept/immortality_of_art_fame
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/satire
form/parody
form/essay
concept/satire_of_society
concept/vulgarity
concept/hypocrisy
concept/fame_and_publicity
concept/vanity
concept/money_and_avarice
motif/book_reading
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/money_and_gold
histref/victorian_england
histref/boer_war
histref/british_empire
setting/rural_england
setting/london
archetype/corrupt_official
topos/world_upside_down
Jul 24, 2026
Cautionary Tales for Children
graph/work
author/belloc
form/comic_verse_song
form/parody
form/poem
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/nonsense
concept/exaggeration
concept/satire_of_society
concept/vanity
motif/death
motif/animals
motif/childhood
motif/gallows
motif/fire
setting/rural_england
archetype/child
topos/memento_mori
Jul 24, 2026
ON the DISASTROUS SPREAD of AESTHETICISM in ALL CLASSES
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/chesterton
form/narrative_poem
form/satire
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/satire_of_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/nature_vs_civilization
topos/world_upside_down
topos/fall_from_innocence
motif/dreams
motif/nature
motif/childhood
motif/flowers
archetype/child
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/vanity
concept/indolence
topos/locus_amoenus
motif/moon
motif/sun
motif/sea
motif/stars
setting/garden_2
archetype/artist
archetype/fool
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/comic_verse_song
histref/romantic_movement_sensibility
Jul 24, 2026
All Things Considered
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/paradox
concept/the_common_man
concept/truth
concept/justice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/christianity
setting/london
character/joan_la_pucelle
character/tom_jones
concept/democracy
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/martyrdom
concept/vanity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
concept/deception
concept/grotesque
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/money_and_gold
setting/paris
setting/oxford
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tyrant
form/aphorism
form/literary_criticism
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/catholic_church