You Can't Go Home Again
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You Can't Go Home Again is a posthumously published novel by American author Thomas Wolfe that follows a young writer’s disillusioning return to his hometown and explores themes of memory, change, and the impossibility of truly returning to the past.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| You Can't Go Home Again canonical | 2 |
| You Can’t Go Home Again | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4585896 — 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: You Can't Go Home Again Context triple: [Thomas Wolfe, notableWork, You Can't Go Home Again]
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A.
Goin’ Back
"Goin’ Back" is a 1966 pop song, best known in recordings by Dusty Springfield and The Byrds, that nostalgically reflects on lost innocence and the desire to return to simpler times.
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B.
My Man’s Gone Now
"My Man’s Gone Now" is a mournful aria from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, sung by the character Serena as she laments her husband’s death.
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C.
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a darkly comedic crime thriller film about a woman who, after being robbed, teams up with her eccentric neighbor to seek vigilante justice, leading them into increasingly dangerous territory.
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D.
Back Home Again
"Back Home Again" is a popular country and folk song by John Denver, celebrated for its warm, nostalgic portrayal of returning home.
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E.
Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends Southern noir, Dixieland jazz, and dark humor in a story of a high-diver entangled with the Dixie Mafia and Civil War reenactors.
- 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: You Can't Go Home Again Target entity description: You Can't Go Home Again is a posthumously published novel by American author Thomas Wolfe that follows a young writer’s disillusioning return to his hometown and explores themes of memory, change, and the impossibility of truly returning to the past.
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A.
Goin’ Back
"Goin’ Back" is a 1966 pop song, best known in recordings by Dusty Springfield and The Byrds, that nostalgically reflects on lost innocence and the desire to return to simpler times.
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B.
My Man’s Gone Now
"My Man’s Gone Now" is a mournful aria from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, sung by the character Serena as she laments her husband’s death.
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C.
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a darkly comedic crime thriller film about a woman who, after being robbed, teams up with her eccentric neighbor to seek vigilante justice, leading them into increasingly dangerous territory.
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D.
Back Home Again
"Back Home Again" is a popular country and folk song by John Denver, celebrated for its warm, nostalgic portrayal of returning home.
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E.
Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends Southern noir, Dixieland jazz, and dark humor in a story of a high-diver entangled with the Dixie Mafia and Civil War reenactors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Wolfe ⓘ |
| basedOn | experiences of Thomas Wolfe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublisherLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | George Webber ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical novel
ⓘ
bildungsroman ⓘ fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | George Webber's hometown community ⓘ |
| hasEditor | Edward Aswell ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | American literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060930041 ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | over 700 pages ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
literary success
ⓘ
small-town life ⓘ social criticism ⓘ time and memory ⓘ |
| isPosthumousWorkOf | Thomas Wolfe ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | George Webber ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Wolfe's posthumous works ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1940 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| setting |
Europe
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| theme |
American society
ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ change ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ fame and success ⓘ identity ⓘ impossibility of returning to the past ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | proverb "You can't go home again" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: You Can't Go Home Again Description of subject: You Can't Go Home Again is a posthumously published novel by American author Thomas Wolfe that follows a young writer’s disillusioning return to his hometown and explores themes of memory, change, and the impossibility of truly returning to the past.
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