A Farewell to English
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A Farewell to English is a 1975 poetry collection by Irish poet Michael Hartnett in which he famously renounces writing in English in favor of the Irish language, making it a landmark work in modern Irish literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Farewell to English canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10971814 — 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 Farewell to English Context triple: [Michael Hartnett, notableWork, A Farewell to English]
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A.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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B.
The Dream of a Common Language
The Dream of a Common Language is a landmark 1978 poetry collection by Adrienne Rich that explores feminist, lesbian, and political themes through formally innovative and emotionally intense verse.
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C.
The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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D.
The Farewell
The Farewell is a 2019 dramedy film written and directed by Lulu Wang that follows a Chinese American family staging a fake wedding to secretly gather and say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch, exploring themes of cultural identity, family, and grief.
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E.
The Way to Language
"The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
- 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 Farewell to English Target entity description: A Farewell to English is a 1975 poetry collection by Irish poet Michael Hartnett in which he famously renounces writing in English in favor of the Irish language, making it a landmark work in modern Irish literature.
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A.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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B.
The Dream of a Common Language
The Dream of a Common Language is a landmark 1978 poetry collection by Adrienne Rich that explores feminist, lesbian, and political themes through formally innovative and emotionally intense verse.
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C.
The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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D.
The Farewell
The Farewell is a 2019 dramedy film written and directed by Lulu Wang that follows a Chinese American family staging a fake wedding to secretly gather and say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch, exploring themes of cultural identity, family, and grief.
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E.
The Way to Language
"The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Irish language ⓘ |
| author | Michael Hartnett ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator | Michael Hartnett ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Irish literary revival of the 20th century ⓘ |
| describedAs | landmark work in modern Irish literature ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
lyric poetry
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political poetry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Irish history
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Irish language revival ⓘ postcolonial Ireland ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bilingualism
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cultural identity ⓘ language ⓘ linguistic decolonization ⓘ national identity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Irish literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of writing in the Irish language
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renunciation of writing in English ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | marks Michael Hartnett’s turn from English to Irish ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
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Subject: A Farewell to English Description of subject: A Farewell to English is a 1975 poetry collection by Irish poet Michael Hartnett in which he famously renounces writing in English in favor of the Irish language, making it a landmark work in modern Irish literature.
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subject linked to:
Michael Harnett