Of Time and the River
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Of Time and the River is a 1935 autobiographical novel by Thomas Wolfe that continues the story begun in Look Homeward, Angel, following protagonist Eugene Gant’s coming-of-age and artistic development.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Of Time and the River canonical | 3 |
| Of Time and the River (as editor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T823989 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Of Time and the River Context triple: [Charles Scribner's Sons, notableWorkPublished, Of Time and the River]
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- 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: Of Time and the River Target entity description: Of Time and the River is a 1935 autobiographical novel by Thomas Wolfe that continues the story begun in Look Homeward, Angel, following protagonist Eugene Gant’s coming-of-age and artistic development.
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A.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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B.
Realm of the Four Parts
Realm of the Four Parts is the English translation of the Quechua name "Tawantinsuyu," referring to the vast, four-region domain of the Inca Empire in pre-Columbian South America.
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C.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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D.
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
"The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean" is the opening episode of Carl Sagan’s documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage*, introducing viewers to the scale, structure, and wonder of the universe.
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E.
City of a Hundred Spires
City of a Hundred Spires is a poetic nickname for Prague, highlighting its skyline filled with historic church towers and spires.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Wolfe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| follows | Look Homeward, Angel ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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bildungsroman ⓘ coming-of-age novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Eugene Gant ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Thomas Wolfe
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surface form:
Thomas Wolfe’s Eugene Gant cycle
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
lyrical prose
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stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Eugene Gant ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | expansive, autobiographical narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Eugene Gant ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| seriesContinuationOf | Look Homeward, Angel ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
American experience
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ambition ⓘ artistic development ⓘ coming of age ⓘ family relationships ⓘ search for identity ⓘ time and memory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Of Time and the River Description of subject: Of Time and the River is a 1935 autobiographical novel by Thomas Wolfe that continues the story begun in Look Homeward, Angel, following protagonist Eugene Gant’s coming-of-age and artistic development.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Of Time and the River (as editor)