The Dial (Transcendentalist journal)
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The Dial was a 19th-century American Transcendentalist literary and philosophical journal that published essays, poetry, and criticism by figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau.
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| The Dial (Transcendentalist journal) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10985576 — 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: The Dial (Transcendentalist journal) Context triple: [Ellery Channing, associatedWith, The Dial (Transcendentalist journal)]
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The Little Review
The Little Review was an influential early 20th-century American literary magazine known for publishing experimental modernist writers, including James Joyce.
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B.
The New-England Magazine
The New-England Magazine was a 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing notable works by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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C.
Scribner's Magazine
Scribner's Magazine was a prominent American literary periodical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for publishing influential fiction, essays, and illustrations by leading writers and artists of its time.
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D.
American Review
American Review was a 19th-century American literary magazine known for publishing notable works by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe.
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The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America is a 1650 volume of poetry by Anne Bradstreet, recognized as one of the earliest published collections of verse by an English colonist in North America and the first book of poetry by a woman from the American colonies.
- 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 Dial (Transcendentalist journal) Target entity description: The Dial was a 19th-century American Transcendentalist literary and philosophical journal that published essays, poetry, and criticism by figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau.
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A.
The Little Review
The Little Review was an influential early 20th-century American literary magazine known for publishing experimental modernist writers, including James Joyce.
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B.
The New-England Magazine
The New-England Magazine was a 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing notable works by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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C.
Scribner's Magazine
Scribner's Magazine was a prominent American literary periodical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for publishing influential fiction, essays, and illustrations by leading writers and artists of its time.
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D.
American Review
American Review was a 19th-century American literary magazine known for publishing notable works by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe.
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E.
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America is a 1650 volume of poetry by Anne Bradstreet, recognized as one of the earliest published collections of verse by an English colonist in North America and the first book of poetry by a woman from the American colonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Transcendentalist periodical
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literary journal ⓘ philosophical journal ⓘ |
| basedIn | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulationArea | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor |
Bronson Alcott
NERFINISHED
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Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Waldo Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| editor |
Margaret Fuller
NERFINISHED
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Ralph Waldo Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | quarterly ⓘ |
| genre |
Transcendentalism
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essay ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
book reviews
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essays ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ poems ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType | print ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| ideology |
individualism
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self-reliance ⓘ spiritual idealism ⓘ |
| inception | 1840 ⓘ |
| influenced |
American literary criticism
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American nature writing ⓘ American reform movements in the 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American Transcendentalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | dial (timekeeping instrument) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
early nature writings by Henry David Thoreau
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“The American Scholar” (essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
liberal
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reformist ⓘ |
| publicationEnd | 1844 ⓘ |
| publisher | Transcendentalist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
literature
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philosophy ⓘ religion ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dial (Transcendentalist journal) Description of subject: The Dial was a 19th-century American Transcendentalist literary and philosophical journal that published essays, poetry, and criticism by figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau.
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