Lectures on the English Poets
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Lectures on the English Poets is a series of critical essays by William Hazlitt that analyze and celebrate major English poets from Chaucer to his contemporaries.
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| Lectures on the English Poets canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lectures on the English Poets Context triple: [William Hazlitt, notableWork, Lectures on the English Poets]
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A.
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
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B.
The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry
The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry is a major unfinished painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown that allegorically celebrates the development and legacy of English literature.
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C.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table is an 1872 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing his popular series of reflective, humorous breakfast-table dialogues.
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D.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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E.
Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries
"Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries" is a biographical and critical memoir by Leigh Hunt that offers personal recollections and character sketches of Lord Byron and other leading literary figures of the early 19th century.
- 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: Lectures on the English Poets Target entity description: Lectures on the English Poets is a series of critical essays by William Hazlitt that analyze and celebrate major English poets from Chaucer to his contemporaries.
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A.
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
-
B.
The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry
The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry is a major unfinished painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown that allegorically celebrates the development and legacy of English literature.
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C.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table is an 1872 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing his popular series of reflective, humorous breakfast-table dialogues.
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D.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
-
E.
Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries
"Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries" is a biographical and critical memoir by Leigh Hunt that offers personal recollections and character sketches of Lord Byron and other leading literary figures of the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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collection of essays ⓘ |
| author | William Hazlitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coversPoet |
Alexander Pope
NERFINISHED
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Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ George Gordon Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ James Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dryden NERFINISHED ⓘ John Milton NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Akenside NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Bysshe Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Southey NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ William Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cowper NERFINISHED ⓘ William Lisle Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ William Wordsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form |
critical essays
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series of lectures ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPerspective | Romantic-era viewpoint on earlier poets ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Lecture on Chaucer and Spenser
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Lecture on Cowper and the modern poets NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecture on Dryden and Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecture on Shakespeare and Milton ⓘ Lecture on Thomson and the Scotch poets ⓘ |
| influenced | later English literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | English Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romantic period ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historical survey of English poetry
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personal and impressionistic criticism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1818 ⓘ |
| publisher | Taylor and Hessey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays
NERFINISHED
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The Spirit of the Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
English poetry
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English poets ⓘ Romantic criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | from Chaucer to early 19th century ⓘ |
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