James Agee (text)
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James Agee (text) is the lyrical, introspective prose by American writer James Agee that accompanies Walker Evans’s photographs in the documentary work *Let Us Now Praise Famous Men*, portraying the lives of impoverished tenant farmers in the 1930s American South.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Agee (text) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: James Agee (text) Context triple: [Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans), documentedBy, James Agee (text)]
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Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, critic, and novelist known for his war-themed poetry and influential literary criticism in the mid-20th century.
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Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe was a major early 20th-century American novelist best known for his sprawling, autobiographical works such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
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James Wright (poet)
James Wright was an American poet known for his emotionally resonant, image-rich verse and his association with the Deep Image movement in mid-20th-century poetry.
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Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was an American poet, writer, and folklorist known for his free-verse depictions of industrial America and his celebrated biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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James Wright
James Wright was the last British royal governor of Georgia, known for his strong Loyalist stance and efforts to maintain British control during the American Revolutionary period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: James Agee (text) Target entity description: James Agee (text) is the lyrical, introspective prose by American writer James Agee that accompanies Walker Evans’s photographs in the documentary work *Let Us Now Praise Famous Men*, portraying the lives of impoverished tenant farmers in the 1930s American South.
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A.
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, critic, and novelist known for his war-themed poetry and influential literary criticism in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe was a major early 20th-century American novelist best known for his sprawling, autobiographical works such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
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C.
James Wright (poet)
James Wright was an American poet known for his emotionally resonant, image-rich verse and his association with the Deep Image movement in mid-20th-century poetry.
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D.
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was an American poet, writer, and folklorist known for his free-verse depictions of industrial America and his celebrated biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
James Wright
James Wright was the last British royal governor of Georgia, known for his strong Loyalist stance and efforts to maintain British control during the American Revolutionary period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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nonfiction prose ⓘ |
| accompanies | Walker Evans’s photographs ⓘ |
| author | James Agee ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Walker Evans ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| documents |
conditions of sharecropping
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lives of tenant farmers ⓘ |
| focusesOnLocation | rural Alabama ⓘ |
| form | extended essay ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary literature
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introspective prose ⓘ lyrical prose ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Great Depression ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| partOf |
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans)
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surface form:
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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| relatedWork |
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans)
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surface form:
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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| setting |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| style |
experimental
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poetic ⓘ stream-of-consciousness ⓘ |
| subject | impoverished tenant farmers ⓘ |
| theme |
American rural life
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dignity of labor ⓘ human suffering ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 1930s ⓘ |
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