Black Mountain school
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The Black Mountain school was an influential mid-20th-century American poetic movement associated with Black Mountain College, known for its experimental, open-form verse and emphasis on process over traditional structure.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literary movement
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poetic movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Black Mountain College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredAround | teaching at Black Mountain College ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorOfKeyPublication | Robert Creeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| field |
American literature
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poetics ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluentialText | Projective Verse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheorist | Charles Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Beat Generation poets
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Language poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ezra Pound
NERFINISHED
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Objectivist poets NERFINISHED ⓘ William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ modernism ⓘ projective verse ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
composition by field
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emphasis on process ⓘ open-form verse ⓘ projective verse ⓘ rejection of strict traditional forms ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Carolina ⓘ |
| location | Black Mountain College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Charles Olson
NERFINISHED
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Denise Levertov NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Fielding Dawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Oppenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Blackburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Creeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Black Mountain Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalBasis | process over product ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Black Mountain College art movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940s ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
attention to breath and speech rhythms
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experimental verse ⓘ free verse ⓘ open field composition ⓘ variable line length ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
little magazines
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small-press magazines ⓘ |
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