Mystery and Manners
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Mystery and Manners is a posthumous collection of Flannery O’Connor’s essays that explores her views on fiction, faith, and the craft of writing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mystery and Manners canonical | 7 |
| mystery_and_manners | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mystery and Manners Context triple: [Flannery O'Connor, notableWork, Mystery and Manners]
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A.
Their Morals and Ours
"Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
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B.
The Mystery Series
The Mystery Series is a classic set of British children's detective novels by Enid Blyton, following a group of young sleuths as they solve puzzling crimes and mysteries.
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The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
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D.
Criminal Chambers
Criminal Chambers are specialized judicial bodies within the Supreme Court of Peru responsible for adjudicating serious criminal cases and interpreting criminal law at the highest level.
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E.
Folkways
Folkways is a foundational sociological work by William Graham Sumner that analyzes the origins, functions, and social power of customs, norms, and moral codes in human societies.
- 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: Mystery and Manners Target entity description: Mystery and Manners is a posthumous collection of Flannery O’Connor’s essays that explores her views on fiction, faith, and the craft of writing.
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A.
Their Morals and Ours
"Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
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B.
The Mystery Series
The Mystery Series is a classic set of British children's detective novels by Enid Blyton, following a group of young sleuths as they solve puzzling crimes and mysteries.
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C.
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
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D.
Criminal Chambers
Criminal Chambers are specialized judicial bodies within the Supreme Court of Peru responsible for adjudicating serious criminal cases and interpreting criminal law at the highest level.
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E.
Folkways
Folkways is a foundational sociological work by William Graham Sumner that analyzes the origins, functions, and social power of customs, norms, and moral codes in human societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| author |
Flannery O'Connor
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surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
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| coEditor |
Robert Fitzgerald
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Sally Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discussesWorkOf |
Flannery O'Connor
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surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
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| focusesOn |
regionalism in American writing
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relationship between faith and fiction ⓘ role of mystery in narrative ⓘ role of the writer’s vision ⓘ use of violence in fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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literary criticism ⓘ writing instruction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Catholic Novelists and Their Readers
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Novelist and Believer ⓘ On Her Own Work ⓘ Southern Gothic ⓘ
surface form:
Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction
The Church and the Fiction Writer ⓘ The Fiction Writer and His Country ⓘ The Fiction Writer and His Country ⓘ
surface form:
The Fiction Writer and His Country (essay)
Southern Gothic ⓘ
surface form:
The Grotesque in Southern Fiction
The King of the Birds ⓘ The Nature and Aim of Fiction ⓘ The Regional Writer ⓘ The Teaching of Literature ⓘ Total Effect and the Eighth Grade ⓘ Writing Short Stories ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
grace
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manners ⓘ mystery ⓘ vocation of the writer ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers of Flannery O’Connor
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students of literature ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Catholic faith
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Southern literature ⓘ craft of writing ⓘ fiction writing ⓘ religion in literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulation of O’Connor’s literary theory
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influence on creative writing pedagogy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| settingOfCreation |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| timePeriodDiscussed | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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this entity surface form:
mystery_and_manners