Deep Image
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Deep Image is a mid-20th-century American poetic movement emphasizing vivid, often surreal imagery to evoke deep psychological and emotional resonance.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetic movement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
evoke deep psychological resonance
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evoke emotional resonance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charles Simic
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David Ignatow NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Galway Kinnell NERFINISHED ⓘ James Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Strand NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Bly NERFINISHED ⓘ W. S. Merwin NERFINISHED ⓘ William Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
confessional poetry
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formalist poetry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | influential in late 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
concrete sensory detail
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emotional intensity ⓘ interior psychological states ⓘ intuitive connections over rational argument ⓘ |
| field | American poetry ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
dreamlike associative logic
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image as vehicle of unconscious meaning ⓘ mythic and archetypal motifs ⓘ |
| hasKeyText |
Body Rags
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Silence in the Snowy Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ The Branch Will Not Break NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jungian psychology
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imagism ⓘ surrealism ⓘ symbolist poetry ⓘ |
| literaryApproach |
indirect expression of emotion through image
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minimal exposition or explanation ⓘ use of leaps and associative transitions ⓘ |
| movementPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American postwar poetry
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deep image theory ⓘ modernist poetry ⓘ postmodern American poetry ⓘ |
| stylisticFocus |
surreal imagery
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symbolic imagery ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
James Wright