The World’s Body
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The World’s Body is a 1938 collection of critical essays by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom that helped define the principles of New Criticism in literary theory.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The World’s Body canonical | 2 |
| The World’s Body: Essays | 1 |
| “The World’s Body” (title essay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The World’s Body Context triple: [John Crowe Ransom, notableWork, The World’s Body]
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A.
The Body’s Question
The Body’s Question is the debut poetry collection by Tracy K. Smith, exploring identity, memory, and the body through lyrical and introspective verse.
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B.
The World Inside
The World Inside is a 1971 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a densely populated future Earth where humanity lives in vast urban towers and embraces extreme social and sexual freedom.
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C.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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D.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
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E.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
- 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: The World’s Body Target entity description: The World’s Body is a 1938 collection of critical essays by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom that helped define the principles of New Criticism in literary theory.
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A.
The Body’s Question
The Body’s Question is the debut poetry collection by Tracy K. Smith, exploring identity, memory, and the body through lyrical and introspective verse.
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B.
The World Inside
The World Inside is a 1971 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a densely populated future Earth where humanity lives in vast urban towers and embraces extreme social and sexual freedom.
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C.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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D.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
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E.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
literary studies
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philosophy of art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The World’s Body: Essays
ⓘ
linked to:
The World’s Body
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| author | John Crowe Ransom ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
literary critic
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poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalApproach |
formalism
ⓘ
text-centered analysis ⓘ |
| describedAs | collection of critical essays ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
tension and irony in poetry
ⓘ
unity of the literary work ⓘ |
| genre |
critical essays
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasForm | essay ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn | university literary curricula in mid-20th century United States ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Criticism, Inc.”
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“Forms and Citizens” ⓘ “Poetry: A Note in Ontology” ⓘ “The World’s Body” (title essay) ⓘ
linked to:
The World’s Body
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| hasTitle | The World’s Body ⓘ |
| influenced | New Criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Crowe Ransom’s work as a poet
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Southern Agrarian intellectual context ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | American modernism ⓘ |
| mainIdea |
literary works should be treated as autonomous verbal objects
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poetry embodies concrete experience rather than abstract statement ⓘ |
| movement | New Criticism ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping define principles of New Criticism ⓘ |
| opposes |
biographical criticism
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historical reductionism in literary study ⓘ paraphrase as equivalent to poem’s meaning ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
anti-paraphrase view of poetry
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emphasis on organic form ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
I’ll Take My Stand
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The New Criticism ⓘ
linked to:
New Criticism
|
| subject |
aesthetics
ⓘ
close reading ⓘ literary interpretation ⓘ literary theory ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed | modern poetry ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: The World’s Body
linked to: The World’s Body