Lives of the Poets
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Lives of the Poets is Samuel Johnson’s multi-volume biographical and critical study of major 17th- and 18th-century English poets, notable for its influential literary judgments and vivid character sketches.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lives of the Poets canonical | 9 |
| The Lives of the Poets | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lives of the Poets Context triple: [The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, alsoKnownAs, Lives of the Poets]
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The Poet
"The Poet" is a seminal essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the nature, role, and visionary power of the poet in society and in expressing universal truths.
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The Poet
The Poet is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that follows a journalist investigating a series of murders staged to look like suicides, marking one of Connelly’s most acclaimed standalone works.
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C.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a 1998 crime thriller film in which Jürgen Prochnow stars in a dark tale of murder, obsession, and psychological intrigue.
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D.
The Poet
The Poet is a 1981 R&B/soul album by Bobby Womack that marked a major commercial and critical comeback in his career.
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The Poet
The Poet is a reflective, storytelling character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn," representing the voice of the poet among the gathered guests.
- 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: Lives of the Poets Target entity description: Lives of the Poets is Samuel Johnson’s multi-volume biographical and critical study of major 17th- and 18th-century English poets, notable for its influential literary judgments and vivid character sketches.
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A.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a seminal essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the nature, role, and visionary power of the poet in society and in expressing universal truths.
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B.
The Poet
The Poet is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that follows a journalist investigating a series of murders staged to look like suicides, marking one of Connelly’s most acclaimed standalone works.
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C.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a 1998 crime thriller film in which Jürgen Prochnow stars in a dark tale of murder, obsession, and psychological intrigue.
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D.
The Poet
The Poet is a 1981 R&B/soul album by Bobby Womack that marked a major commercial and critical comeback in his career.
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E.
The Poet
The Poet is a reflective, storytelling character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn," representing the voice of the poet among the gathered guests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical work
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essay collection ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets
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linked to:
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
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| author | Samuel Johnson ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | London booksellers ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1781 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1779 ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
17th century English poetry
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18th century English poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Life of Cowley
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Life of Dryden ⓘ Life of Milton ⓘ
linked to:
Life of John Milton
Life of Pope ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
moralistic criticism
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neoclassical aesthetic values ⓘ |
| includesForm |
biographical sketch
ⓘ
critical essay ⓘ |
| includesPoet |
Abraham Cowley
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Alexander Pope ⓘ Edmund Waller ⓘ Edward Young ⓘ Isaac Watts ⓘ James Thomson ⓘ John Denham ⓘ John Dryden ⓘ John Gay ⓘ John Milton ⓘ Jonathan Swift ⓘ Joseph Addison ⓘ Mark Akenside ⓘ Matthew Prior ⓘ Samuel Butler ⓘ Samuel Garth ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Samuel Garth
Thomas Gray ⓘ Thomas Parnell ⓘ William Collins ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century Romantic critics
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later English literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
English poetry
ⓘ
English poets ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential literary judgments
ⓘ
vivid character sketches ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 10 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| publicationPeriod | 1779–1781 ⓘ |
| structure | series of biographical essays followed by critical evaluations ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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linked to: Lives of the Poets