Black Spring
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Black Spring is a semi-autobiographical, experimental prose work by Henry Miller that blends memoir, fiction, and surreal imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black Spring canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Spring Context triple: [Henry Miller, notableWork, Black Spring]
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A.
Black Spring
Black Spring is a politically charged musical project by composer and pianist Samora Pinderhughes that blends jazz, spoken word, and social commentary on issues like race and injustice.
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B.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
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C.
A Dirty War
A Dirty War is a non-fiction book by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya that documents human rights abuses and the brutal realities of the Second Chechen War.
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D.
Patria o Muerte
Patria o Muerte is a famous Cuban revolutionary slogan meaning "Homeland or Death," closely associated with Fidel Castro and the post-1959 Cuban state.
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E.
Mothers of the Disappeared
"Mothers of the Disappeared" is a somber, politically charged song by U2 that reflects on the suffering of families whose children were abducted by oppressive regimes in Latin America.
- 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: Black Spring Target entity description: Black Spring is a semi-autobiographical, experimental prose work by Henry Miller that blends memoir, fiction, and surreal imagery.
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A.
Black Spring
Black Spring is a politically charged musical project by composer and pianist Samora Pinderhughes that blends jazz, spoken word, and social commentary on issues like race and injustice.
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B.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
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C.
A Dirty War
A Dirty War is a non-fiction book by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya that documents human rights abuses and the brutal realities of the Second Chechen War.
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D.
Patria o Muerte
Patria o Muerte is a famous Cuban revolutionary slogan meaning "Homeland or Death," closely associated with Fidel Castro and the post-1959 Cuban state.
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E.
Mothers of the Disappeared
"Mothers of the Disappeared" is a somber, politically charged song by U2 that reflects on the suffering of families whose children were abducted by oppressive regimes in Latin America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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experimental prose work ⓘ |
| author | Henry Miller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstPublicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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experimental literature ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements |
childhood in Brooklyn
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life as an expatriate in Paris ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“A Saturday Afternoon”
ⓘ
“Into the Night Life …” ⓘ “Jabberwhorl Cronstadt” ⓘ “Mara-Marignan” ⓘ “The Angel is My Watermark!” ⓘ “The Café Rouge” ⓘ “The Fourteenth Ward” ⓘ “The Sunlight Gaze” ⓘ “The Tailor Shop” ⓘ “The World of Sex” ⓘ “Third or Fourth Day of Spring” ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American modernism
ⓘ
French surrealism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
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linked to:
Modernism
surrealism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending memoir and fiction
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experimental narrative structure ⓘ poetic and hallucinatory language ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvrePhase | Henry Miller’s early Paris period ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris ⓘ |
| publisher | Obelisk Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Tropic of Cancer
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Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
lyrical prose
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
artistic creation
ⓘ
bohemian life ⓘ memoir ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
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Subject: Black Spring Description of subject: Black Spring is a semi-autobiographical, experimental prose work by Henry Miller that blends memoir, fiction, and surreal imagery.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
Tony Miller