Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath
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Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath is a controversial literary biography of the poet Sylvia Plath, known for its detailed research and its disputed portrayal of Plath’s life and relationships.
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| Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21402783 — 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: Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath Context triple: [Anne Stevenson, notableWork, Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath]
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A.
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath is a posthumously published volume that gathers the complete poetic works of the American poet Sylvia Plath, showcasing her development from early writings to her most famous and final poems.
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Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
*Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters* is a collection of the poet Anne Sexton’s personal correspondence, edited and arranged to illuminate her life, relationships, and creative process.
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Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton
Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton is a memoir by Linda Gray Sexton that explores her complex relationship with her mother, the confessional poet Anne Sexton.
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The Life of Poetry
The Life of Poetry is Muriel Rukeyser’s influential 1949 collection of essays that passionately argues for the social, emotional, and political necessity of poetry in modern life.
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E.
The Anxiety of Influence
The Anxiety of Influence is a seminal work of literary criticism by Harold Bloom that explores how poets are shaped and constrained by the powerful influence of their predecessors.
- 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: Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath Target entity description: Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath is a controversial literary biography of the poet Sylvia Plath, known for its detailed research and its disputed portrayal of Plath’s life and relationships.
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A.
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath is a posthumously published volume that gathers the complete poetic works of the American poet Sylvia Plath, showcasing her development from early writings to her most famous and final poems.
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B.
Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
*Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters* is a collection of the poet Anne Sexton’s personal correspondence, edited and arranged to illuminate her life, relationships, and creative process.
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C.
Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton
Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton is a memoir by Linda Gray Sexton that explores her complex relationship with her mother, the confessional poet Anne Sexton.
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D.
The Life of Poetry
The Life of Poetry is Muriel Rukeyser’s influential 1949 collection of essays that passionately argues for the social, emotional, and political necessity of poetry in modern life.
-
E.
The Anxiety of Influence
The Anxiety of Influence is a seminal work of literary criticism by Harold Bloom that explores how poets are shaped and constrained by the powerful influence of their predecessors.
- F. None of above. chosen
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