The Devil Finds Work
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The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
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| The Devil Finds Work canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Devil Finds Work Context triple: [James Baldwin, notableWork, The Devil Finds Work]
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A.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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B.
Devils & Dust
Devils & Dust is a 2005 studio album by Bruce Springsteen that features introspective, acoustic-driven songs exploring themes of war, faith, and American life.
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C.
Devils Playground
Devils Playground is a remote, arid expanse of sand dunes and desert terrain located within California’s Mojave Desert.
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D.
Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
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E.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
- 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: The Devil Finds Work Target entity description: The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
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A.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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B.
Devils & Dust
Devils & Dust is a 2005 studio album by Bruce Springsteen that features introspective, acoustic-driven songs exploring themes of war, faith, and American life.
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C.
Devils Playground
Devils Playground is a remote, arid expanse of sand dunes and desert terrain located within California’s Mojave Desert.
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D.
Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
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E.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book-length essay
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| addresses |
myth of American innocence
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politics of representation in Hollywood ⓘ violence in American culture ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
regarded as a key text in African American studies
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regarded as a major work of film criticism ⓘ |
| examines |
impact of cinema on self-perception
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intersection of art and ideology ⓘ relationship between film and American racial politics ⓘ stereotypes of Black people in movies ⓘ |
| genre |
film criticism
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memoir ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
autobiographical reflections
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close readings of films ⓘ cultural criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disillusionment with American cinema
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power of narrative to shape reality ⓘ search for truth in images ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baldwin's personal experiences of racism
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Hollywood films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American cinema
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Hollywood ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ race in the United States ⓘ racism ⓘ representation of Black people in film ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | blending of memoir and criticism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 130–150 pages ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dial Press ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
early 20th-century American cinema
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mid-20th-century American cinema ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | late-career work of James Baldwin ⓘ |
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