The Bean Eaters
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The Bean Eaters is a 1960 poetry collection by Gwendolyn Brooks that explores race, poverty, and everyday Black life in America with vivid, socially conscious verse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bean Eaters canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Gwendolyn Brooks's reputation as a major American poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
aging
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civil rights ⓘ everyday Black life ⓘ family life ⓘ inequality ⓘ memory ⓘ poverty ⓘ race ⓘ social injustice ⓘ urban life ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
marginalized communities
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working-class Black Americans ⓘ |
| follows | Annie Allen ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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poetry ⓘ social protest literature ⓘ |
| hasForm |
lyric poetry
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narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasNotablePoem |
A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon
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The Bean Eaters self-link ⓘ The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock ⓘ The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till ⓘ We Real Cool ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American poetry
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mid-20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| precedes | In the Mecca ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| setIn | Chicago ⓘ |
| style |
colloquial language
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narrative verse ⓘ social realism ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Black life in America
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economic hardship ⓘ segregation ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
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