A Street in Bronzeville

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book poetry collection

A Street in Bronzeville is Gwendolyn Brooks’s acclaimed debut poetry collection that vividly portrays African American life in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood during the mid-20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
A Street in Bronzeville canonical	2
Bronzeville at Night	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ
author	Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	acclaimed ⓘ
depicts	African American life ⓘ community life ⓘ everyday experiences ⓘ poverty ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ urban life ⓘ
genre	poetry ⓘ
hasISBN	9780226070100 ⓘ
hasPart	Gay Chaps at the Bar ⓘ Gay Chaps at the Bar sonnet sequence ⓘ Kitchenette Building ⓘ The Ballad of Pearl May Lee ⓘ The Mother ⓘ The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith ⓘ The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith sequence ⓘ
influenced	later African American poets ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	African-American literature ⓘ Chicago Black Renaissance ⓘ
literarySignificance	Gwendolyn Brooks’s debut collection ⓘ Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ surface form: helped establish Gwendolyn Brooks’s reputation
notableFor	focus on everyday Black urban life ⓘ vivid portrayal of Chicago’s South Side ⓘ
originalMedium	print ⓘ
publicationYear	1945 ⓘ
publisher	Harper & Brothers ⓘ
section	A Street in Bronzeville self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bronzeville at Night Gay Chaps at the Bar ⓘ The Children of the Poor ⓘ
settingLocation	South Side, Chicago ⓘ surface form: Bronzeville, Chicago South Side, Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago South Side
structure	multiple sections ⓘ
style	lyric poetry ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ sonnet sequence ⓘ
theme	class ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ dreams and aspirations ⓘ gender ⓘ motherhood ⓘ race ⓘ religion ⓘ war ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	World War II era ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ

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