My Ántonia
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My Ántonia is a classic 1918 novel by Willa Cather that portrays pioneer life on the Nebraska prairie through the nostalgic recollections of a boy and his deep bond with the spirited immigrant girl Ántonia.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Ántonia canonical | 5 |
| My Antonia | 1 |
| My Antonia (television adaptation) | 1 |
| My Ántonia (1995 film) | 1 |
| My Ántonia (stage adaptations) | 1 |
| Willa Cather’s Prairie Trilogy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: My Ántonia Context triple: [Willa Cather, notableWork, My Ántonia]
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A.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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B.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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C.
The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
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D.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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E.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s landmark 1939 novel that follows the Joad family’s harrowing journey from Oklahoma to California, exposing the human cost of economic hardship and social injustice during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: My Ántonia Target entity description: My Ántonia is a classic 1918 novel by Willa Cather that portrays pioneer life on the Nebraska prairie through the nostalgic recollections of a boy and his deep bond with the spirited immigrant girl Ántonia.
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A.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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B.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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C.
The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
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D.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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E.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s landmark 1939 novel that follows the Joad family’s harrowing journey from Oklahoma to California, exposing the human cost of economic hardship and social injustice during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| character |
Ambrosch Shimerda
ⓘ
Frances Harling ⓘ Jake Marpole ⓘ Lena Lingard ⓘ Mr. Shimerda ⓘ
surface form:
Marek Shimerda
Mr. Harling ⓘ Mr. Shimerda ⓘ Mrs. Harling ⓘ Mrs. Shimerda ⓘ Otto Fuchs ⓘ Tiny Soderball ⓘ Wick Cutter ⓘ Mrs. Shimerda ⓘ
surface form:
Yulka Shimerda
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts | Bohemian immigrants in Nebraska ⓘ |
| follows | The Song of the Lark ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
immigrant literature ⓘ pioneer fiction ⓘ regionalist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
My Ántonia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
My Ántonia (1995 film)
My Ántonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
My Ántonia (stage adaptations)
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| includedIn |
Modern Library 100 Best Novels (reader's list)
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Library 100 Best Novels list
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| literaryMovement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
American realism
|
| literarySignificance | considered one of Willa Cather's masterpieces ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jim Burden
ⓘ
Antonia ⓘ
surface form:
Ántonia Shimerda
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| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Jim Burden ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Prairie Trilogy ⓘ |
| precededBy | O Pioneers! ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Jim Burden
ⓘ
Ántonia Shimerda ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Black Hawk, Nebraska (fictional town)
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Great Plains ⓘ
surface form:
Nebraska prairie
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| theme |
friendship
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immigration ⓘ memory and nostalgia ⓘ pioneer life ⓘ relationship between people and landscape ⓘ Old West ⓘ
surface form:
the American frontier
the passage of time ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Ántonia Shimerda ⓘ |
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Subject: My Ántonia Description of subject: My Ántonia is a classic 1918 novel by Willa Cather that portrays pioneer life on the Nebraska prairie through the nostalgic recollections of a boy and his deep bond with the spirited immigrant girl Ántonia.
Referenced by (10)
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