Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology
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Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology is a mid-20th-century paperback collection of contemporary literature that helped introduce influential modern short stories, including Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” to a wide popular audience.
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| Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology Context triple: [A Good Man Is Hard to Find, firstPublishedIn, Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology]
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The Bodley Head
The Bodley Head is a historic British publishing house known for producing influential literary works and championing innovative and sometimes controversial authors.
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Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
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Schoolroom Poets
The Schoolroom Poets were a group of 19th-century American poets, including figures like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier, whose morally instructive and accessible verse was widely memorized and recited in schools.
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D.
The Dyer's Hand
The Dyer's Hand is a collection of essays and lectures by poet W. H. Auden that reflects on poetry, art, and criticism with his characteristic wit and intellectual rigor.
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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.
- 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: Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology Target entity description: Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology is a mid-20th-century paperback collection of contemporary literature that helped introduce influential modern short stories, including Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” to a wide popular audience.
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A.
The Bodley Head
The Bodley Head is a historic British publishing house known for producing influential literary works and championing innovative and sometimes controversial authors.
-
B.
Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
-
C.
Schoolroom Poets
The Schoolroom Poets were a group of 19th-century American poets, including figures like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier, whose morally instructive and accessible verse was widely memorized and recited in schools.
-
D.
The Dyer's Hand
The Dyer's Hand is a collection of essays and lectures by poet W. H. Auden that reflects on poetry, art, and criticism with his characteristic wit and intellectual rigor.
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E.
The Little Review
The Little Review was an influential early 20th-century American literary magazine known for publishing experimental modernist writers, including James Joyce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary anthology
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paperback book ⓘ short story anthology ⓘ |
| audience | general readership ⓘ |
| containsWork | A Good Man Is Hard to Find ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresAuthor |
Flannery O’Connor
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linked to:
Flannery O'Connor
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| format | paperback ⓘ |
| genre |
modern literature
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short stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping popularize influential modern short stories ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Avon Books ⓘ |
| purpose | to introduce contemporary literature to a wide popular audience ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | contemporary fiction ⓘ |
| timeOfContent | 20th century literature ⓘ |
| workIncludedType | contemporary short stories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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