The Cities
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The Cities is a poetry collection by American poet Paul Blackburn that reflects his innovative, urban-centered verse and engagement with modernist and Black Mountain influences.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Paul Blackburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Paul Blackburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorStyle | experimental verse ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | postwar American urban culture ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryInfluence | Black Mountain College poetics ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person observational voice ⓘ |
| hasPoeticTechnique |
colloquial diction
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enjambment ⓘ imagistic detail ⓘ open-field composition ⓘ |
| hasSetting | modern cities ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Black Mountain poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cityscapes
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modern urban experience ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
engagement with Black Mountain influences
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engagement with modernist poetics ⓘ innovative urban-centered verse ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Journals (Paul Blackburn)
NERFINISHED
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The Nets (Paul Blackburn) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on urban modernist poetry ⓘ |
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