Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
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"Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note" is the debut poetry collection by Amiri Baraka (then LeRoi Jones), known for its innovative, jazz-influenced verse and its exploration of race, identity, and existential despair in mid-20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greenwich Village literary scene
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avant-garde poetry ⓘ |
| author |
Amiri Baraka
NERFINISHED
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LeRoi Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPoem | Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed in avant-garde circles ⓘ |
| debutWorkOf | Amiri Baraka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
Black subjectivity
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personal relationships ⓘ political consciousness ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | paperback ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of Baraka’s fusion of jazz and poetry
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precursor to Black Arts Movement aesthetics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
bebop
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jazz ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Beat generation
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Black Arts Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
African American identity
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alienation ⓘ existential despair ⓘ race ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| period | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Corinth Books
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Totem Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | United States in the 1950s ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
colloquial language
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improvisational rhythm ⓘ irony ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
literary criticism on African American poetry
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scholarship on Beat-era poetics ⓘ |
| titlePoem | Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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