A View of the Woods
E381592
"A View of the Woods" is a short story by American author Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of family conflict, violence, and spiritual blindness in a rural Southern setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A View of the Woods canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724931 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A View of the Woods Context triple: [Everything That Rises Must Converge, hasTitleShortStory, A View of the Woods]
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A.
In the Woods
In the Woods is a 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Asher B. Durand, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s detailed and reverent depiction of the natural world.
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B.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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C.
Another Part of the Forest
Another Part of the Forest is a 1946 stage play by Lillian Hellman that serves as a prequel to her earlier drama The Little Foxes, exploring the ruthless Hubbard family’s rise to power in the post–Civil War South.
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D.
The Meadow
The Meadow is a large open green space within Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York, commonly used for recreation, events, and outdoor gatherings.
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E.
Ansichten der Natur
Ansichten der Natur is a collection of scientific and literary essays by Alexander von Humboldt that vividly portrays the interconnectedness of nature through detailed observations and reflections.
- 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: A View of the Woods Target entity description: "A View of the Woods" is a short story by American author Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of family conflict, violence, and spiritual blindness in a rural Southern setting.
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A.
In the Woods
In the Woods is a 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Asher B. Durand, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s detailed and reverent depiction of the natural world.
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B.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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C.
Another Part of the Forest
Another Part of the Forest is a 1946 stage play by Lillian Hellman that serves as a prequel to her earlier drama The Little Foxes, exploring the ruthless Hubbard family’s rise to power in the post–Civil War South.
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D.
The Meadow
The Meadow is a large open green space within Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York, commonly used for recreation, events, and outdoor gatherings.
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E.
Ansichten der Natur
Ansichten der Natur is a collection of scientific and literary essays by Alexander von Humboldt that vividly portrays the interconnectedness of nature through detailed observations and reflections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author |
Flannery O’Connor
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linked to:
Flannery O'Connor
|
| character |
Fortune’s daughter
ⓘ
Mary Fortune Pitts ⓘ Mr. Fortune ⓘ Pitts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresRelationshipBetween |
family loyalty and self-interest
ⓘ
violence and grace ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian fiction
ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralConflict | conflict between Mr. Fortune and his granddaughter Mary Fortune Pitts ⓘ |
| hasClimax | act of physical violence against Mary Fortune Pitts ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely studied in O’Connor scholarship ⓘ |
| hasMoralOrReligiousDimension | true ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
the bulldozer
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the woods ⓘ |
| hasTone |
dark
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| includedIn | Everything That Rises Must Converge ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Catholic literature
ⓘ
Southern Gothic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Gothic
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publishedIn | The Sewanee Review ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setting |
Georgia
ⓘ
rural American South ⓘ |
| symbolismOf |
the bulldozer as destructive modern progress
ⓘ
the woods as spiritual vision ⓘ |
| theme |
family conflict
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ grace ⓘ materialism ⓘ moral blindness ⓘ redemption ⓘ sin ⓘ spiritual blindness ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: A View of the Woods Description of subject: "A View of the Woods" is a short story by American author Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of family conflict, violence, and spiritual blindness in a rural Southern setting.
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