Stepping Westward
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Stepping Westward is a satirical campus novel by Malcolm Bradbury that follows a British writer’s comic culture clash at an American university in the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stepping Westward canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9080996 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stepping Westward Context triple: [Malcolm Bradbury, notableWork, Stepping Westward]
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A.
Into the West
Into the West is a 2005 American television miniseries that dramatizes the expansion of the American frontier and the clash of cultures between white settlers and Native American tribes.
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B.
Into the West
"Into the West" is an Oscar-winning song from the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," known for its emotional farewell theme and performance by Annie Lennox.
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C.
Westering
"Westering" is a poem by Irish poet Seamus Heaney that reflects on memory, place, and the pull of the western landscape.
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D.
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain is a short film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr that features long, meditative shots of the Great Hungarian Plain, emphasizing atmosphere and landscape over narrative.
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E.
Plea for the West
Plea for the West is a 19th-century religious and social commentary in which Lyman Beecher warns against perceived moral and religious decline in the American West and advocates for Protestant influence in the region.
- 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: Stepping Westward Target entity description: Stepping Westward is a satirical campus novel by Malcolm Bradbury that follows a British writer’s comic culture clash at an American university in the 1960s.
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A.
Into the West
Into the West is a 2005 American television miniseries that dramatizes the expansion of the American frontier and the clash of cultures between white settlers and Native American tribes.
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B.
Into the West
"Into the West" is an Oscar-winning song from the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," known for its emotional farewell theme and performance by Annie Lennox.
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C.
Westering
"Westering" is a poem by Irish poet Seamus Heaney that reflects on memory, place, and the pull of the western landscape.
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D.
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain is a short film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr that features long, meditative shots of the Great Hungarian Plain, emphasizing atmosphere and landscape over narrative.
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E.
Plea for the West
Plea for the West is a 19th-century religious and social commentary in which Lyman Beecher warns against perceived moral and religious decline in the American West and advocates for Protestant influence in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
campus novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Malcolm Bradbury ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | British writer visiting American campus ⓘ |
| genre |
campus novel
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comic novel ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Malcolm Bradbury ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | Stepping Westward ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasSettingCountry |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasSubject |
cultural differences between Britain and America
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literary community ⓘ university life ⓘ |
| hasTone |
comic
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | James Walker ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic depiction of American academic culture
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satire of creative writing culture ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWork | Malcolm Bradbury bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | British ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | Secker & Warburg ⓘ |
| setting | fictional American university ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| theme |
academic life
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culture clash ⓘ literary ambition ⓘ satire of academia ⓘ transatlantic relations ⓘ |
| timeInFiction |
Cold War era
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linked to:
Cold War
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