Annie Allen
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Annie Allen is a Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry collection by Gwendolyn Brooks that traces the coming-of-age and inner life of a young Black girl in Chicago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Annie Allen canonical | 3 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | African American ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | coming-of-age of a young Black girl in Chicago ⓘ |
| follows | A Street in Bronzeville ⓘ |
| form |
epic parody
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lyric poetry ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Appendix to the Anniad”
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“Notes from the Childhood and the Girlhood” ⓘ “The Anniad” ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African American literature
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surface form:
African-American literature
Chicago Black Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Annie Allen (fictional character) ⓘ |
| notableFor | first Pulitzer Prize for Poetry awarded to an African-American author ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| PulitzerPrizeCategory | Poetry ⓘ |
| setIn | Chicago ⓘ |
| style |
formal experimentation
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irony and satire ⓘ use of vernacular speech ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Black girlhood
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family and community life ⓘ love and relationships ⓘ war and its aftermath ⓘ |
| theme |
class
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gender ⓘ identity ⓘ inner life and psychology ⓘ race ⓘ urban Black experience in mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gwendolyn Brooks