Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient
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Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient is a semi-autobiographical work by Beat Generation figure Carl Solomon, reflecting on his experiences with psychiatric treatment and institutionalization.
All labels observed (1)
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| Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12774884 — 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: Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient Context triple: [Carl Solomon, notableWork, Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient]
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Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
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- 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: Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient Target entity description: Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient is a semi-autobiographical work by Beat Generation figure Carl Solomon, reflecting on his experiences with psychiatric treatment and institutionalization.
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A.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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B.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a dark, horrorcore hip-hop track by the group Gravediggaz, known for its eerie production and macabre, narrative-driven lyrics.
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C.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a landmark 1918 short story by Lu Xun that pioneered modern Chinese vernacular fiction and powerfully critiques feudal society through the paranoid perspective of its mad narrator.
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D.
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy is a collection of case studies by psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom that explores existential themes through real-life psychotherapeutic encounters.
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E.
Portraits of the Insane
Portraits of the Insane is a series of early 19th-century realist paintings depicting mentally ill patients with striking psychological intensity and empathy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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semi-autobiographical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American counterculture
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anti-psychiatry discourse ⓘ |
| author | Carl Solomon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
conditions in mid-20th-century asylums
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experience of shock treatment ⓘ life in a psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| genre |
Beat literature
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autobiographical literature ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalBasis | true ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Beat Generation views of madness ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
freedom and confinement
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identity under psychiatric control ⓘ individual vs. institution ⓘ sanity and insanity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
electroconvulsive therapy
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institutionalization ⓘ mental illness ⓘ psychiatric treatment ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of electroshock therapy from a patient’s perspective
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insider account of asylum life by a Beat Generation figure ⓘ |
| portrays |
alienation
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patient–doctor relationships ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ social stigma of mental illness ⓘ |
| relatedPerson | Allen Ginsberg ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Howl ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient Description of subject: Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient is a semi-autobiographical work by Beat Generation figure Carl Solomon, reflecting on his experiences with psychiatric treatment and institutionalization.
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