The Double Man
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The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
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| The Double Man canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Double Man Context triple: [W. H. Auden, notableWork, The Double Man]
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A.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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B.
The Double
The Double is a psychoanalytic study by Otto Rank that explores the concept of the doppelgänger as a manifestation of the human psyche, particularly in relation to identity, narcissism, and the fear of death.
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C.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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D.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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E.
The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 sci-fi comedy film starring Steve Martin as a brilliant but eccentric brain surgeon who falls in love with a disembodied brain.
- 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: The Double Man Target entity description: The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
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A.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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B.
The Double
The Double is a psychoanalytic study by Otto Rank that explores the concept of the doppelgänger as a manifestation of the human psyche, particularly in relation to identity, narcissism, and the fear of death.
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C.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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D.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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E.
The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 sci-fi comedy film starring Steve Martin as a brilliant but eccentric brain surgeon who falls in love with a disembodied brain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
Christian belief
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World War II era anxieties ⓘ individual conscience ⓘ role of the artist ⓘ |
| alsoPublishedAs | New Year Letter ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| follows | Another Time ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | New Year Letter ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | considered a key work in Auden's religious turn ⓘ |
| hasDedication | to Elizabeth Mayer ⓘ |
| hasForm |
long poem
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lyric poems ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later religious poetry by W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dedication
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Epilogue ⓘ New Year Letter ⓘ Notes to New Year Letter ⓘ Prologue ⓘ Shorter Poems ⓘ The Quest ⓘ |
| hasStructure | mixture of verse and prose notes ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
conflict between reason and faith
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division within the self ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
moral responsibility
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personal reflection ⓘ philosophical themes ⓘ religious themes ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| meter | primarily tetrameter in "New Year Letter" ⓘ |
| notablePoem |
New Year Letter
ⓘ
The Quest ⓘ |
| periodInAuthorCareer | early American period of W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| precedes | For the Time Being ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| reflectsAuthorTransition |
from political themes to philosophical themes
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from political themes to religious themes ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary Europe of the late 1930s and early 1940s ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | written around 1940 ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | the divided or double nature of the self ⓘ |
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