Essays in Criticism
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Essays in Criticism is a seminal collection of literary essays by Victorian critic Matthew Arnold that helped shape modern English literary criticism.
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| Essays in Criticism canonical | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays in Criticism Context triple: [Matthew Arnold, notableWork, Essays in Criticism]
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The Craft of Criticism
The Craft of Criticism is a collection of literary essays by English critic Desmond MacCarthy, showcasing his influential, lucid, and humane approach to evaluating literature.
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B.
The Massachusetts Review
The Massachusetts Review is a respected American literary journal known for publishing innovative fiction, poetry, essays, and cultural criticism.
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Practical Criticism
Practical Criticism is a foundational work of literary theory by I. A. Richards that helped establish close reading and text-centered analysis as core methods in modern criticism.
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The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism is a widely used academic collection that brings together key texts and authors in literary and cultural theory from classical antiquity to the present.
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E.
The Kenyon Review
The Kenyon Review is a prestigious American literary magazine known for publishing high-quality fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism by emerging and established writers.
- 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: Essays in Criticism Target entity description: Essays in Criticism is a seminal collection of literary essays by Victorian critic Matthew Arnold that helped shape modern English literary criticism.
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A.
The Craft of Criticism
The Craft of Criticism is a collection of literary essays by English critic Desmond MacCarthy, showcasing his influential, lucid, and humane approach to evaluating literature.
-
B.
The Massachusetts Review
The Massachusetts Review is a respected American literary journal known for publishing innovative fiction, poetry, essays, and cultural criticism.
-
C.
Practical Criticism
Practical Criticism is a foundational work of literary theory by I. A. Richards that helped establish close reading and text-centered analysis as core methods in modern criticism.
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D.
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism is a widely used academic collection that brings together key texts and authors in literary and cultural theory from classical antiquity to the present.
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E.
The Kenyon Review
The Kenyon Review is a prestigious American literary magazine known for publishing high-quality fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism by emerging and established writers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Matthew Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
relationship between literature and culture
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role of the critic in society ⓘ standards of literary excellence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered a seminal work in English literary criticism ⓘ |
| followedBy | Essays in Criticism: Second Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Essays in Criticism (First Series)
NERFINISHED
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Essays in Criticism: Second Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedDiscipline |
English studies
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comparative literature ⓘ cultural criticism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Heinrich Heine
NERFINISHED
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Joubert NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Aurelius NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice de Guérin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pagan and Medieval Religious Sentiment NERFINISHED ⓘ Spinoza and the Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ The Function of Criticism at the Present Time NERFINISHED ⓘ The Study of Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
F. R. Leavis
NERFINISHED
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New Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ modern English literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocating the study of the best that has been thought and said
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formulating the idea of disinterested criticism ⓘ |
| period | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationDate | 1865 ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan and Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
European literature
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Renaissance literature ⓘ classical literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ religion and literature ⓘ |
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