Nerves

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Nerves is a seminal 1958 poetry collection by John Wieners that captures his raw, confessional, and avant-garde lyric voice within the Beat and postwar American poetry movements.

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Nerves canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
associatedWith Boston poetry scene
San Francisco Renaissance
author John Wieners
countryOfOrigin United States
createdBy John Wieners
describedAs seminal poetry collection
genre lyric poetry
hasAuthorNationality American
hasForm free verse
hasInfluenceOn American avant-garde poetry
LGBTQ+ poetic expression
hasPoeticVoice confessional
intimate
lyrical
raw
hasReputation cult classic
important Beat-era text
language English
literaryMovement Beat generation
postwar American poetry
mainTheme emotional intensity
personal experience
psychological struggle
sexuality
urban life
partOf John Wieners bibliography
linked to: John Wieners
period postwar period
publicationYear 1958
style avant-garde
confessional
subjectOf literary criticism
timeOfPublicationContext Cold War era
linked to: Cold War

post-World War II United States
linked to: postwar America

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John Wieners notableWork Nerves
John Wieners notableWork Nerves
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