Nightwood was praised by T. S. Eliot
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Djuna Barnes was an American modernist writer and journalist best known for her influential modernist novel "Nightwood."
All labels observed (1)
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| Nightwood was praised by T. S. Eliot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3288155 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nightwood was praised by T. S. Eliot Context triple: [Djuna Barnes, describedBySource, Nightwood was praised by T. S. Eliot]
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A.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a landmark modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of alienation, indecision, and existential anxiety through the interior monologue of its hesitant, self-conscious narrator.
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B.
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley is a modernist long poem by Ezra Pound that satirically reflects on art, culture, and the disillusionment of the post–World War I era.
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C.
My Night at Maud’s
My Night at Maud’s is a 1969 French philosophical romantic drama film by Éric Rohmer, renowned for its talk-driven exploration of morality, chance, and desire.
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D.
“Jacob’s Room”
“Jacob’s Room” is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that experiments with narrative form and character portrayal to depict the fragmented life and inner world of a young man in early 20th-century England.
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E.
First Festival of Modern Poetry
The First Festival of Modern Poetry was a landmark mid-20th-century San Francisco event that showcased innovative poets and helped catalyze the San Francisco Renaissance in American literature.
- 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: Nightwood was praised by T. S. Eliot Target entity description: Djuna Barnes was an American modernist writer and journalist best known for her influential modernist novel "Nightwood."
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A.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a landmark modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of alienation, indecision, and existential anxiety through the interior monologue of its hesitant, self-conscious narrator.
-
B.
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley is a modernist long poem by Ezra Pound that satirically reflects on art, culture, and the disillusionment of the post–World War I era.
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C.
My Night at Maud’s
My Night at Maud’s is a 1969 French philosophical romantic drama film by Éric Rohmer, renowned for its talk-driven exploration of morality, chance, and desire.
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D.
“Jacob’s Room”
“Jacob’s Room” is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that experiments with narrative form and character portrayal to depict the fragmented life and inner world of a young man in early 20th-century England.
-
E.
First Festival of Modern Poetry
The First Festival of Modern Poetry was a landmark mid-20th-century San Francisco event that showcased innovative poets and helped catalyze the San Francisco Renaissance in American literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | modernist novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| author | Djuna Barnes ⓘ |
| consideredClassicOf |
LGBT literature
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | initially mixed but later highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the great works of modernist fiction ⓘ |
| editorialSupportFrom | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| genre | modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasLGBTContent | true ⓘ |
| influentialOn | 20th-century modernist literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Matthew O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Dr. Matthew O’Connor
Nora Flood ⓘ Robin Vote ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of gender and sexuality
ⓘ
innovative prose style ⓘ |
| praisedBy | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setting |
Berlin
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
decadence
ⓘ
desire ⓘ exile ⓘ identity ⓘ religion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Nightwood was praised by T. S. Eliot Description of subject: Djuna Barnes was an American modernist writer and journalist best known for her influential modernist novel "Nightwood."
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