The Movement (literature)
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The Movement (literature) was a mid-20th-century group of British poets and novelists, including figures like Philip Larkin, known for their restrained style, clarity, and rejection of modernist experimentation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary movement
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poetry movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
post-war British literature
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university-educated writers ⓘ |
| characteristic |
anti-romantic tone
ⓘ
clarity ⓘ colloquial language ⓘ formal control ⓘ ironic detachment ⓘ restrained style ⓘ skeptical attitude ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
seen as a reaction against high modernism
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sometimes criticized as conservative ⓘ |
| editorOfKeyAnthology | Robert Conquest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | English literature ⓘ |
| focus |
contemporary British life
ⓘ
ordinary experience ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| hasMember |
D. J. Enright
NERFINISHED
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Donald Davie NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Jennings NERFINISHED ⓘ John Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingsley Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Larkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Conquest NERFINISHED ⓘ Thom Gunn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
British realist novelists
ⓘ
later British poets of the 1960s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Augustan poetry
NERFINISHED
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English realist tradition ⓘ Thomas Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyAnthology | New Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
lyric poetry
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novel ⓘ |
| location | Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| media |
poetry
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prose fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork | New Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
avant-garde techniques
ⓘ
modernist experimentation ⓘ neo-romanticism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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