Goodbye to All That (essay)
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"Goodbye to All That" is Joan Didion’s influential personal essay reflecting on her disillusionment with and departure from New York City, noted for its incisive style and exploration of youth, memory, and loss.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Goodbye to All That | 1 |
| Goodbye to All That (essay) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Goodbye to All That (essay) Context triple: [Slouching Towards Bethlehem, hasPart, Goodbye to All That (essay)]
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Adieu to a Soldier
"Adieu to a Soldier" is a poem by Walt Whitman, included in his Civil War-themed collection Drum-Taps, reflecting on the experiences and farewell of a departing soldier.
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B.
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
*The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon* is a collection of stark, bitterly ironic verse that captures the brutality, disillusionment, and psychological toll of World War I from the perspective of a soldier-poet.
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Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
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D.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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E.
The Consequences of War
The Consequences of War is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens that allegorically depicts the chaos and devastation wrought by armed conflict in 17th-century Europe.
- 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: Goodbye to All That (essay) Target entity description: "Goodbye to All That" is Joan Didion’s influential personal essay reflecting on her disillusionment with and departure from New York City, noted for its incisive style and exploration of youth, memory, and loss.
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A.
Adieu to a Soldier
"Adieu to a Soldier" is a poem by Walt Whitman, included in his Civil War-themed collection Drum-Taps, reflecting on the experiences and farewell of a departing soldier.
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B.
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
*The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon* is a collection of stark, bitterly ironic verse that captures the brutality, disillusionment, and psychological toll of World War I from the perspective of a soldier-poet.
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C.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
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D.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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E.
The Consequences of War
The Consequences of War is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens that allegorically depicts the chaos and devastation wrought by armed conflict in 17th-century Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | essay ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
autobiographical reflection on marriage
ⓘ
depiction of early career in New York ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReputation |
influential
ⓘ
widely anthologized ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipBetween |
memory and narrative
ⓘ
personal myth and reality ⓘ place and identity ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine essay ⓘ |
| frequentlyStudiedIn |
American literature courses
ⓘ
creative nonfiction courses ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical essay
ⓘ
literary nonfiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary personal essays about New York City
ⓘ
memoir writing about young adulthood in cities ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Goodbye to All That NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inCollection | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
New York City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ leaving New York City ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | retrospective account ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | New York City as both seductive and destructive ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
fragmented chronology
ⓘ
incisive prose ⓘ introspective analysis ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional cost of ambition
ⓘ
end of youth ⓘ failure of romantic expectations ⓘ idealization of places ⓘ myth of New York ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | farewell and finality ⓘ |
| tone |
disenchanted
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melancholic ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
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Goodbye to All That