Objectivist poets
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Objectivist poets were a group of early 20th-century American modernist writers who emphasized clarity, sincerity, and the poem as a crafted object, including figures such as Louis Zukofsky, George Oppen, and Charles Reznikoff.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Objectivist poets canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American modernist movement
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group of poets ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| associatedEditor |
Harriet Monroe
NERFINISHED
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Louis Zukofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPublication | Poetry magazine ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
attention to historical and social reality
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objectification of the poem ⓘ sincerity in perception ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
literature
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poetry ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Basil Bunting
NERFINISHED
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Carl Rakosi NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Reznikoff NERFINISHED ⓘ George Oppen NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Rexroth NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorine Niedecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Zukofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Language poets
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later American avant-garde poetry ⓘ postwar American modernist poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ezra Pound
NERFINISHED
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Imagism NERFINISHED ⓘ William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ high modernism ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
colloquial speech
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plain diction ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | American modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacteristic |
attention to craftsmanship
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concrete imagery ⓘ economic use of language ⓘ emphasis on clarity ⓘ emphasis on sincerity ⓘ focus on the poem as an object ⓘ |
| movement | modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Basil Bunting
NERFINISHED
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Carl Rakosi NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Reznikoff NERFINISHED ⓘ George Oppen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorine Niedecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Zukofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedMovement |
Imagist poets
NERFINISHED
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New American Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1930s
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early 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.