Black Mountain poets

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group of American poets literary movement poetry movement

The Black Mountain poets were a mid-20th-century group of experimental American writers associated with Black Mountain College, known for their open-form verse, emphasis on process and breath, and major figures like Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, and Robert Duncan.

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Label Occurrences
Black Mountain poets canonical 22
Black Mountain College poets 2
Black Mountain poetry 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of American poets ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
poetry movement ⓘ
activeInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
associatedInstitution Black Mountain College ⓘ
associatedWith Black Mountain College ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Black Mountain, North Carolina ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emphasizes composition by field ⓘ
line as a unit of breath ⓘ
process over finished product ⓘ
spontaneity in composition ⓘ
genre modernist poetry ⓘ
postmodern poetry ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Charles Olson ⓘ
Robert Creeley ⓘ
Robert Duncan ⓘ
hasMember Charles Olson ⓘ
Denise Levertov ⓘ
Ed Dorn ⓘ
Fielding Dawson ⓘ
Hilda Morley ⓘ
Joel Oppenheimer ⓘ
John Wieners ⓘ
Jonathan Williams ⓘ
Larry Eigner ⓘ
Paul Blackburn ⓘ
Robert Creeley ⓘ
Robert Duncan ⓘ
influenced Beat Generation ⓘ
surface form: Beat Generation poets

Language poets ⓘ
contemporary American poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Ezra Pound ⓘ
Imagism ⓘ
surface form: Objectivist poets

William Carlos Williams ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
knownFor emphasis on breath in poetry ⓘ
emphasis on process ⓘ
experimental poetry ⓘ
open-form verse ⓘ
projective verse ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementDecline 1960s ⓘ
movementPeak 1950s ⓘ
movementStart 1940s ⓘ
relatedMovement Beat Generation ⓘ
New American Poetry ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
theoreticalText Projective Verse ⓘ
theoreticalTextAuthor Charles Olson ⓘ

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Beat Generation → relatedConcept → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance → hasParticipant → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berkeley Renaissance poets
San Francisco Renaissance → contemporaryWith → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Black Mountain College → influenced → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Denise Levertov → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Robert Duncan–Jack Spicer circle → associatedWith → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Ed Dorn → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Black Mountain College poets
Joel Oppenheimer → memberOf → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
John Wieners → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
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New American Poetry → hasPart → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
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Paul Blackburn → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
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Larry Eigner → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Mountain poetry
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this entity surface form: Black Mountain College poets
Larry Eigner → associatedWith → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Robert Duncan → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Robert Creeley → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Jonathan Williams → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Fielding Dawson → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
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Charles Olson → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Charles Olson → influenced → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
Charles Olson → subjectOf → Black Mountain poets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Mountain school of poetry
Hilda Morley → movement → Black Mountain poets ⓘ