A Fable for Critics
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A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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satirical poem → |
| author |
James Russell Lowell
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| critiques |
American Romanticism
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sentimentalism in literature → |
| genre |
literary criticism in verse
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satire → |
| hasForm |
extended verse essay
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| hasTheme |
critical self-awareness of writers
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cultural nationalism in literature → literary rivalry → vanity of authors → |
| influencedBy |
Alexander Pope
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English verse satire tradition → |
| language |
English
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| literaryForm |
verse
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| literaryPeriod |
19th century American literature
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| literarySignificance |
early example of American literary self-critique
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important document of mid-19th-century American literary culture → |
| movement |
American Romantic literature
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| narrativeVoice |
first-person commentator
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| notableFor |
caricaturing contemporary American writers
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witty character sketches of authors → |
| portrays |
Cornelius Mathews
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Edgar Allan Poe → Fitz-Greene Halleck → Henry Wadsworth Longfellow → Herman Melville → James Fenimore Cooper → John Greenleaf Whittier → Margaret Fuller → Nathaniel Hawthorne → Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. → Ralph Waldo Emerson → The Knickerbocker group → William Cullen Bryant → William Ellery Channing → |
| structure |
rhymed verse
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| style |
allusive
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epigrammatic → satirical portraiture → |
| subject |
American authors
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American literary scene → literary criticism → |
| tone |
humorous
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mocking → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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James Russell Lowell
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notableWork |