Second Folio of Shakespeare
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The Second Folio of Shakespeare is the 1632 second collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, notable for reprinting and slightly revising the landmark First Folio text.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4056114 — 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: Second Folio of Shakespeare Context triple: [First Folio of Shakespeare, followedBy, Second Folio of Shakespeare]
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A.
First Folio of Shakespeare
The First Folio of Shakespeare is the 1623 collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, regarded as the most authoritative early source for many of his works and a cornerstone of English literary history.
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Shakespeare quartos
Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.
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C.
The Yale Shakespeare
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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D.
Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare
The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare is a famous early 17th-century oil painting widely believed to depict the playwright and poet, and is one of the most iconic images associated with him.
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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."
- 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: Second Folio of Shakespeare Target entity description: The Second Folio of Shakespeare is the 1632 second collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, notable for reprinting and slightly revising the landmark First Folio text.
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A.
First Folio of Shakespeare
The First Folio of Shakespeare is the 1623 collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, regarded as the most authoritative early source for many of his works and a cornerstone of English literary history.
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B.
Shakespeare quartos
Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.
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C.
The Yale Shakespeare
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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D.
Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare
The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare is a famous early 17th-century oil painting widely believed to depict the playwright and poet, and is one of the most iconic images associated with him.
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E.
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."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespeare folio
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collected edition ⓘ early modern printed book ⓘ printed book ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfPlays | 36 ⓘ |
| basedOn | First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| chronologicallyBetween |
First Folio of Shakespeare
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Third Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| collects | plays previously printed in quarto and folio forms ⓘ |
| contains |
Shakespearean comedies
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Shakespearean histories ⓘ Shakespearean tragedies ⓘ |
| containsWorksBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | England ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| era | Caroline era ⓘ |
| follows | First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| format | folio ⓘ |
| genre | drama collection ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | major early source for Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ |
| hasFrontMatter |
prefatory material
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title page ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Shakespearean textual scholarship
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surface form:
Shakespearean textual tradition
subsequent Shakespeare printings ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalForm | bound volume ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Second Folio of Shakespeare
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shakespeare folios
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early modern editorial interventions in Shakespeare’s text
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reprinting the First Folio text ⓘ slight textual revisions of the First Folio ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| preserves | early modern stage texts of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1632 ⓘ |
| script |
italic type
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roman type ⓘ |
| shortName |
Second Folio of Shakespeare
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Second Folio
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| subject |
English Renaissance drama
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surface form:
Elizabethan theatre
Jacobean theatre ⓘ |
| textType | dramatic works ⓘ |
| timeSinceFirstFolio | about 9 years after the First Folio ⓘ |
| title |
Second Folio of Shakespeare
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
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| usedBy |
editors of modern Shakespeare editions
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textual scholars of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparative textual criticism of Shakespeare
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establishing Shakespearean variants ⓘ |
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Subject: Second Folio of Shakespeare Description of subject: The Second Folio of Shakespeare is the 1632 second collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, notable for reprinting and slightly revising the landmark First Folio text.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
this entity surface form:
Shakespeare's collected plays
this entity surface form:
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
this entity surface form:
Second Folio
this entity surface form:
Shakespeare folios