The Opening of the Field
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The Opening of the Field is a landmark 1960 poetry collection by Robert Duncan that helped define the innovative, myth-infused poetics of the San Francisco Renaissance.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Opening of the Field canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Mountain–influenced poetics
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projective verse tradition ⓘ |
| author | Robert Duncan ⓘ |
| contributedTo | recognition of Robert Duncan as a major American poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation |
landmark work of the San Francisco Renaissance
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major work of 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Bending the Bow
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Roots and Branches ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
free verse
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open-field composition ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Language poets
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New American Poetry ⓘ
surface form:
New American Poetry tradition
later experimental and avant-garde poets in the United States ⓘ |
| hasPoeticStyle |
innovative poetics
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myth-infused poetics ⓘ |
| influenced | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| isConsidered | a central text in Robert Duncan’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ |
| notablePoem | Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Duncan’s later-life trilogy of major collections ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1950s ⓘ |
| poeticTechnique |
long-lined verse
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lyric sequences ⓘ serial composition ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grove Press ⓘ |
| setting | largely interior and visionary landscapes ⓘ |
| theme |
cosmology
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history ⓘ love ⓘ myth ⓘ the imagination ⓘ |
| usesIntertextualityWith |
literary predecessors such as Ezra Pound
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literary predecessors such as H.D. ⓘ mythological sources ⓘ occult and esoteric traditions ⓘ |
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