The Age of Anxiety
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The Age of Anxiety is a long poem by W. H. Auden that explores the spiritual and psychological dislocation of individuals in the modern, postwar world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| poem "The Age of Anxiety" | 4 |
| The Age of Anxiety canonical | 3 |
| "The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1016346 — 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: The Age of Anxiety Context triple: [W. H. Auden, notableWork, The Age of Anxiety]
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A.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath that portrays a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the pressures and expectations of 1950s American society.
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B.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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C.
The Unnamable
The Unnamable is a landmark modernist novel by Samuel Beckett that presents a disembodied narrator’s fragmented, stream-of-consciousness monologue exploring identity, language, and existence.
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D.
The Howl
The Howl is the energetic and famously raucous student cheering section that supports the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team at their home games.
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E.
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.
- 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: The Age of Anxiety Target entity description: The Age of Anxiety is a long poem by W. H. Auden that explores the spiritual and psychological dislocation of individuals in the modern, postwar world.
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A.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath that portrays a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the pressures and expectations of 1950s American society.
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B.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
-
C.
The Unnamable
The Unnamable is a landmark modernist novel by Samuel Beckett that presents a disembodied narrator’s fragmented, stream-of-consciousness monologue exploring identity, language, and existence.
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D.
The Howl
The Howl is the energetic and famously raucous student cheering section that supports the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team at their home games.
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E.
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
long poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| character |
Emble
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Malin ⓘ Quant ⓘ Rosetta ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
long poem
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
human condition
ⓘ
inner conflict ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ |
| influenced |
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
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surface form:
The Age of Anxiety (symphony)
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| influencedBy |
World War II
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
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surface form:
Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein)
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| literaryForm | eclogue ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of postwar psychological dislocation
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use of eclogue form in a modern urban setting ⓘ |
| numberOfMainCharacters | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| part |
Epilogue
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Prologue ⓘ The Dirge ⓘ The Masque ⓘ The Seven Ages ⓘ The Seven Stages ⓘ |
| period | post–World War II literature ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
wartime bar ⓘ |
| structure | six parts ⓘ |
| subgenre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
existential anxiety ⓘ modernity ⓘ postwar society ⓘ psychological dislocation ⓘ search for identity ⓘ spiritual dislocation ⓘ |
| writer | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: The Age of Anxiety Description of subject: The Age of Anxiety is a long poem by W. H. Auden that explores the spiritual and psychological dislocation of individuals in the modern, postwar world.
Referenced by (9)
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"The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden
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poem "The Age of Anxiety"
this entity surface form:
"The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden
this entity surface form:
poem "The Age of Anxiety"
this entity surface form:
poem "The Age of Anxiety"
this entity surface form:
poem "The Age of Anxiety"