"The Heresy of Paraphrase"
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"The Heresy of Paraphrase" is a seminal essay by literary critic Cleanth Brooks that argues a poem’s meaning cannot be reduced to a paraphrased summary without losing its essential complexity and unity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Heresy of Paraphrase" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19322914 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "The Heresy of Paraphrase" Context triple: [The Well Wrought Urn, notableChapter, "The Heresy of Paraphrase"]
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A.
The Theologian’s Tale
"The Theologian’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, presented as one of the interlinked stories told by characters in his collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
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B.
The Deliverance from Error
The Deliverance from Error is a seminal autobiographical and philosophical work by the medieval Islamic theologian and mystic Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his spiritual crisis and journey toward Sufi-influenced religious certainty.
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C.
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days is a 16th-century Catholic polemical work by Gregory Martin criticizing Protestant biblical translations and interpretations.
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D.
A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity
A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity is an early 17th-century religious treatise that is often regarded as one of the first English-language defenses of religious liberty for all people, including those of differing faiths.
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E.
The Self-Taught Theologian
The Self-Taught Theologian is an early Arabic philosophical novel by Ibn al-Nafis that explores theology, reason, and the nature of the soul through the story of a boy who educates himself in isolation on a desert island.
- 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: "The Heresy of Paraphrase" Target entity description: "The Heresy of Paraphrase" is a seminal essay by literary critic Cleanth Brooks that argues a poem’s meaning cannot be reduced to a paraphrased summary without losing its essential complexity and unity.
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A.
The Theologian’s Tale
"The Theologian’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, presented as one of the interlinked stories told by characters in his collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
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B.
The Deliverance from Error
The Deliverance from Error is a seminal autobiographical and philosophical work by the medieval Islamic theologian and mystic Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his spiritual crisis and journey toward Sufi-influenced religious certainty.
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C.
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days is a 16th-century Catholic polemical work by Gregory Martin criticizing Protestant biblical translations and interpretations.
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D.
A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity
A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity is an early 17th-century religious treatise that is often regarded as one of the first English-language defenses of religious liberty for all people, including those of differing faiths.
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E.
The Self-Taught Theologian
The Self-Taught Theologian is an early Arabic philosophical novel by Ibn al-Nafis that explores theology, reason, and the nature of the soul through the story of a boy who educates himself in isolation on a desert island.
- F. None of above. chosen
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