The Yale Shakespeare
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The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Yale Shakespeare canonical | 1 |
| The Yale Shakespeare editions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1754559 — 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 Yale Shakespeare Context triple: [Yale University Press, notableSeries, The Yale Shakespeare]
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A.
Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
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B.
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage
"Shakespeare and the Modern Stage" is a critical study by Sir Sidney Lee examining how William Shakespeare’s plays are interpreted, produced, and understood in the context of modern theatre.
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C.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
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D.
The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
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E.
The Hamlet
The Hamlet is a 1940 novel by William Faulkner that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, exploring themes of greed, social change, and rural life in the American South.
- 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 Yale Shakespeare Target entity description: The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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A.
Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
-
B.
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage
"Shakespeare and the Modern Stage" is a critical study by Sir Sidney Lee examining how William Shakespeare’s plays are interpreted, produced, and understood in the context of modern theatre.
-
C.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
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D.
The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
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E.
The Hamlet
The Hamlet is a 1940 novel by William Faulkner that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, exploring themes of greed, social change, and rural life in the American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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scholarly edition of Shakespeare's works ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
English literature
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textual criticism ⓘ |
| basedOn | works of William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorialFocus |
academic commentary
ⓘ
authoritative texts ⓘ scholarly apparatus ⓘ |
| field |
Shakespeare studies
ⓘ
literary scholarship ⓘ |
| genre |
academic series
ⓘ
critical edition ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bibliographical references
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explanatory notes ⓘ glossaries of terms ⓘ introductions to each play ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individual volumes for each Shakespeare play
ⓘ
volumes of Shakespeare's poems ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
scholars
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students ⓘ teachers of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carefully edited texts
ⓘ
distinguished scholarly reputation ⓘ extensive notes and commentary ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press ⓘ |
| subject |
Elizabethan drama
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English drama ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| typeOfText | annotated edition ⓘ |
| workOf | Yale University Press editors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Yale Shakespeare Description of subject: The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Yale Shakespeare editions