Nerves
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Nerves is a seminal 1958 poetry collection by John Wieners that captures his raw, confessional, and avant-garde lyric voice within the Beat and postwar American poetry movements.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boston poetry scene
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San Francisco Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Wieners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | John Wieners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal poetry collection ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
American avant-garde poetry
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LGBTQ+ poetic expression ⓘ |
| hasPoeticVoice |
confessional
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intimate ⓘ lyrical ⓘ raw ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
cult classic
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important Beat-era text ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Beat generation
NERFINISHED
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postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional intensity
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personal experience ⓘ psychological struggle ⓘ sexuality ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| partOf | John Wieners bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | postwar period ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| style |
avant-garde
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confessional ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| timeOfPublicationContext |
Cold War era
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post-World War II United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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