Going to Meet the Man
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Going to Meet the Man is a 1965 short story collection by James Baldwin that explores themes of race, violence, sexuality, and power in mid-20th-century America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Going to Meet the Man canonical | 3 |
| Going to Meet the Man (short story) | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549246 — 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: Going to Meet the Man Context triple: [James Baldwin, notableWork, Going to Meet the Man]
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A.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1940 novel by Carson McCullers that portrays the emotional isolation and inner lives of misfit characters in a small Depression-era Southern town.
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B.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son is James Baldwin’s influential 1955 collection of essays examining race, identity, and social injustice in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain is James Baldwin’s seminal semi-autobiographical novel exploring race, religion, and family in early 20th-century Harlem.
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D.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.
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E.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Going to Meet the Man Target entity description: Going to Meet the Man is a 1965 short story collection by James Baldwin that explores themes of race, violence, sexuality, and power in mid-20th-century America.
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A.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1940 novel by Carson McCullers that portrays the emotional isolation and inner lives of misfit characters in a small Depression-era Southern town.
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B.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son is James Baldwin’s influential 1955 collection of essays examining race, identity, and social injustice in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain is James Baldwin’s seminal semi-autobiographical novel exploring race, religion, and family in early 20th-century Harlem.
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D.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.
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E.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| addresses | systemic racism in the United States ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Come Out the Wilderness
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Going to Meet the Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Going to Meet the Man (short story)
Previous Condition ⓘ Sonny's Blues ⓘ The Man Child ⓘ The Outing ⓘ The Rockpile ⓘ This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
identity ⓘ oppression ⓘ power ⓘ race ⓘ racial violence ⓘ racism ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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literary fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African-American experience
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family relationships ⓘ jazz ⓘ memory ⓘ music ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ religion ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Civil Rights era literature ⓘ |
| notableStory |
Going to Meet the Man
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Going to Meet the Man (short story)
Sonny's Blues ⓘ This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | later short fiction collection by James Baldwin ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dial Press ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| titleStory |
Going to Meet the Man
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surface form:
Going to Meet the Man (short story)
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| writtenBy | James Baldwin ⓘ |
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Subject: Going to Meet the Man Description of subject: Going to Meet the Man is a 1965 short story collection by James Baldwin that explores themes of race, violence, sexuality, and power in mid-20th-century America.
Referenced by (6)
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