Live or Die

E309663
book poetry collection

Live or Die is a landmark 1969 poetry collection by Anne Sexton that exemplifies confessional poetry through its raw exploration of mental illness, relationships, and self-destruction.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Live or Die canonical 8
1966: Live or Die 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Anne Sexton ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
awardYear 1967 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre confessional poetry ⓘ
hasPoem Die ⓘ
Live ⓘ
Suicide Note ⓘ
The Addict ⓘ
The Balance Wheel ⓘ
The Black Art ⓘ
The Break ⓘ
The Breast ⓘ
The Death Baby ⓘ
The Division of Parts ⓘ
The Divorce Papers ⓘ
The Double Image ⓘ
The Fortress ⓘ
The Fury of Abandonment ⓘ
The Fury of Beautiful Bones ⓘ
The Fury of Cooks ⓘ
The Fury of God's Good-bye ⓘ
The Fury of Guitars and Sopranos ⓘ
The Fury of Hating Eyes ⓘ
The Fury of Jewels and Coal ⓘ
The Fury of Overshoes ⓘ
The Fury of Rainstorms ⓘ
The Fury of Sundays ⓘ
The Fury of Sunrises ⓘ
The Fury of Sunsets ⓘ
The House ⓘ
The Interrogation of the Man of Many Hearts ⓘ
The Kiss ⓘ
The Operation ⓘ
The Play ⓘ
The Room of My Life ⓘ
The Wedding Night ⓘ
Wanting to Die ⓘ
influenced later confessional poets ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement confessionalism ⓘ
notableFor innovative confessional style ⓘ
intense autobiographical content ⓘ
raw exploration of mental illness ⓘ
partOf Anne Sexton bibliography ⓘ
publicationYear 1966 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
subject death ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
identity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
survival ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Confessional poetry → hasKeyWork → Live or Die ⓘ
Anne Sexton → notableWork → Live or Die ⓘ
Anne Sexton → notableAwardWork → Live or Die ⓘ
Anne Sexton → publicationDateOfWork → Live or Die ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1966: Live or Die
Anne Gray Harvey → notableWork → Live or Die ⓘ
All My Pretty Ones → followedByWork → Live or Die ⓘ
The Death Notebooks → relatedTo → Live or Die ⓘ
The Awful Rowing Toward God → relatedWorkByAuthor → Live or Die ⓘ
1971: Transformations → relatedWork → Live or Die ⓘ