Less Than One: Selected Essays
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Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
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| Less Than One: Selected Essays canonical | 1 |
| “In a Room and a Half” (essay) | 1 |
| “Less Than One” (essay) | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Less Than One: Selected Essays Context triple: [Joseph Brodsky, notableEssayCollection, Less Than One: Selected Essays]
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Surviving and Other Essays
Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
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Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
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Lectures to My Students
Lectures to My Students is a classic collection of pastoral lectures by Charles Spurgeon offering practical and spiritual guidance for ministers and preachers.
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Indiscrete Thoughts
Indiscrete Thoughts is a collection of essays by mathematician Gian-Carlo Rota, blending personal reflections, philosophical insights, and commentary on the practice and culture of mathematics.
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One-Dimensional Man
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Less Than One: Selected Essays Target entity description: Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
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A.
Surviving and Other Essays
Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
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B.
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
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C.
Lectures to My Students
Lectures to My Students is a classic collection of pastoral lectures by Charles Spurgeon offering practical and spiritual guidance for ministers and preachers.
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D.
Indiscrete Thoughts
Indiscrete Thoughts is a collection of essays by mathematician Gian-Carlo Rota, blending personal reflections, philosophical insights, and commentary on the practice and culture of mathematics.
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E.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Joseph Brodsky ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| authorAwardYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Russian-American ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
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linked to:
National Book Critics Circle Award
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| awardReceivedYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception |
considered a modern classic of the essay form
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widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical essays
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essay ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasEssay |
In a Room and a Half
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linked to:
A Room and a Half
Less Than One ⓘ Less Than One (title essay) ⓘ
linked to:
Less Than One
essays on Andrei Platonov ⓘ essays on Anna Akhmatova ⓘ essays on Osip Mandelstam ⓘ essays on Russian poets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European literature
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Russian poetic tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
essays on Russian and European writers
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reflections on exile and displacement ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setting |
Soviet Leningrad
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linked to:
Leningrad
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| subject |
Russian literature
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Soviet Union ⓘ autobiography ⓘ exile ⓘ moral responsibility of the writer ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
art and ethics
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identity ⓘ language and translation ⓘ memory ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
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linked to: Less Than One: Selected Essays
linked to: Less Than One: Selected Essays