Overland Monthly
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Overland Monthly was a 19th-century San Francisco-based literary magazine known for publishing Western American literature and helping launch the career of writers like Bret Harte.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Overland Monthly canonical | 10 |
| Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854565 — 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.
Target entity: Overland Monthly Context triple: [Bret Harte, employer, Overland Monthly]
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Scribner's Magazine
Scribner's Magazine was a prominent American literary periodical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for publishing influential fiction, essays, and illustrations by leading writers and artists of its time.
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Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
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C.
Macmillan's Magazine
Macmillan's Magazine was a prominent 19th-century British literary periodical known for publishing major Victorian fiction and essays by leading authors of the era.
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Graham's Magazine
Graham's Magazine was a prominent 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing works by major authors such as Edgar Allan Poe.
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E.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American general-interest periodical known for its literary fiction, essays, illustrations, and cultural commentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Overland Monthly Target entity description: Overland Monthly was a 19th-century San Francisco-based literary magazine known for publishing Western American literature and helping launch the career of writers like Bret Harte.
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A.
Scribner's Magazine
Scribner's Magazine was a prominent American literary periodical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for publishing influential fiction, essays, and illustrations by leading writers and artists of its time.
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B.
Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
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C.
Macmillan's Magazine
Macmillan's Magazine was a prominent 19th-century British literary periodical known for publishing major Victorian fiction and essays by leading authors of the era.
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D.
Graham's Magazine
Graham's Magazine was a prominent 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing works by major authors such as Edgar Allan Poe.
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E.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American general-interest periodical known for its literary fiction, essays, illustrations, and cultural commentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary magazine
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periodical ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
California Gold Rush legacy
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San Francisco literary scene ⓘ |
| basedIn | San Francisco ⓘ |
| circulationArea |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| cityOfPublication | San Francisco ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorialFocus |
history
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literature ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
American West
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California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| genre |
Western American literature
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essays ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Overland Monthly
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surface form:
Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
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| hasFormat | illustrated magazine ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 0030-6428 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Pacific Coast culture
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frontier life ⓘ mining camps ⓘ regional literature ⓘ travel writing ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Overland Monthly self-link ⓘ |
| helpedLaunchCareerOf | Bret Harte ⓘ |
| inception | 1868 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
local color writing
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regionalism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableContributor | Bret Harte ⓘ |
| notableEditor | Bret Harte ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early publication of Bret Harte’s stories
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promoting California writers ⓘ publishing Western American literature ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| publisherLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| regionOfFocus |
western United States
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surface form:
Western United States
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| successor | Out West Magazine ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general reading public
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readers interested in the American West ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 19th-century American West ⓘ |
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