The Well Wrought Urn
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The Well Wrought Urn is a seminal work of literary criticism by Cleanth Brooks that helped define and popularize the principles of New Criticism through close readings of English poetry.
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| The Well Wrought Urn canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Well Wrought Urn Context triple: [New Criticism, keyText, The Well Wrought Urn]
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A.
Aspects of the Novel
Aspects of the Novel is a collection of literary lectures by E. M. Forster that analyzes the fundamental elements and techniques of novel writing.
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B.
An Apology for Poetry
An Apology for Poetry is Sir Philip Sidney’s influential Elizabethan literary treatise defending the value and moral power of poetry against its contemporary critics.
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C.
The Blue and Brown Books
The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.
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D.
A Fable for Critics
A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
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E.
The Theory of the Novel
The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
- 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 Well Wrought Urn Target entity description: The Well Wrought Urn is a seminal work of literary criticism by Cleanth Brooks that helped define and popularize the principles of New Criticism through close readings of English poetry.
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A.
Aspects of the Novel
Aspects of the Novel is a collection of literary lectures by E. M. Forster that analyzes the fundamental elements and techniques of novel writing.
-
B.
An Apology for Poetry
An Apology for Poetry is Sir Philip Sidney’s influential Elizabethan literary treatise defending the value and moral power of poetry against its contemporary critics.
-
C.
The Blue and Brown Books
The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.
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D.
A Fable for Critics
A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
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E.
The Theory of the Novel
The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of literary criticism ⓘ |
| argues |
a poem should be treated as an autonomous verbal object
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paradox is central to poetic meaning ⓘ paraphrase cannot capture a poem's full meaning ⓘ |
| author | Cleanth Brooks ⓘ |
| centralConcept | heresy of paraphrase ⓘ |
| containsChapterOn |
Andrew Marvell
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John Donne ⓘ John Keats ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ William Wordsworth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalApproach | formalism ⓘ |
| deemphasizes |
authorial intention
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historical and biographical context ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
close analysis of textual details
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organic unity of the poem ⓘ |
| focusesOn | interpretation of individual poems ⓘ |
| genre | literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | canon formation in English literature studies ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of 20th-century literary theory ⓘ |
| helpedDefine | principles of New Criticism ⓘ |
| helpedPopularize | close reading as a critical method ⓘ |
| influenced |
later formalist criticism
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teaching of literature in mid-20th-century American universities ⓘ |
| influencedBy | T. S. Eliot's critical essays ⓘ |
| isConsidered | seminal text of New Criticism ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | university literature courses ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | New Criticism ⓘ |
| notableChapter |
"Keats's Sylvan Historian"
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"The Heresy of Paraphrase" ⓘ "The Language of Paradox" ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt, Brace & Company
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linked to:
Harcourt Brace & World
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| subject |
English poetry
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close reading ⓘ paradox in poetry ⓘ poetic structure ⓘ unity of the poem ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
16th-century English poetry
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17th-century English poetry ⓘ 19th-century English poetry ⓘ 20th-century English poetry ⓘ |
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