San Francisco Renaissance
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The San Francisco Renaissance was a mid-20th-century literary and artistic movement centered in San Francisco that helped spark postwar American avant-garde poetry and laid the groundwork for the Beat Generation.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: San Francisco Renaissance Context triple: [Beat Generation, relatedConcept, San Francisco Renaissance]
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Northeast San Francisco
Northeast San Francisco is a dense, historic section of San Francisco that includes major neighborhoods such as Chinatown, North Beach, and the Financial District, known for their cultural landmarks, tourism, and waterfront access.
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Vallejo
Vallejo is a waterfront city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its former Mare Island Naval Shipyard and diverse, working-class community.
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Alamo Square
Alamo Square is a San Francisco neighborhood and park best known for its iconic Victorian houses and panoramic views of the city skyline.
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San Francisco
San Francisco is a major coastal city in Northern California known for its hilly landscape, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, and role as a historic center of technology and counterculture.
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South of Market (SoMa)
South of Market (SoMa) is a large, formerly industrial San Francisco neighborhood now known for its tech offices, nightlife, museums, and major venues like the Moscone Center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: San Francisco Renaissance Target entity description: The San Francisco Renaissance was a mid-20th-century literary and artistic movement centered in San Francisco that helped spark postwar American avant-garde poetry and laid the groundwork for the Beat Generation.
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A.
Northeast San Francisco
Northeast San Francisco is a dense, historic section of San Francisco that includes major neighborhoods such as Chinatown, North Beach, and the Financial District, known for their cultural landmarks, tourism, and waterfront access.
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B.
Vallejo
Vallejo is a waterfront city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its former Mare Island Naval Shipyard and diverse, working-class community.
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C.
Alamo Square
Alamo Square is a San Francisco neighborhood and park best known for its iconic Victorian houses and panoramic views of the city skyline.
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D.
San Francisco
San Francisco is a major coastal city in Northern California known for its hilly landscape, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, and role as a historic center of technology and counterculture.
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South of Market (SoMa)
South of Market (SoMa) is a large, formerly industrial San Francisco neighborhood now known for its tech offices, nightlife, museums, and major venues like the Moscone Center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic movement
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literary movement ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Black Mountain poets
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Confessional poetry ⓘ
surface form:
Confessional poetry movement
New York School ⓘ
surface form:
New York School (poetry)
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ performance ⓘ poetry ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| hasCenter |
Berkeley poetry scene
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City Lights Bookstore ⓘ San Francisco State College poetry scene ⓘ Six Gallery ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
LGBTQ representation
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anti-academic stance ⓘ collaborative community ⓘ countercultural politics ⓘ experimental form ⓘ oral performance emphasis ⓘ sexual frankness ⓘ small-press publishing ⓘ spiritual and mystical themes ⓘ urban West Coast setting ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
First Festival of Modern Poetry
ⓘ
Six Gallery reading ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
After Lorca
ⓘ
Howl ⓘ Pictures of the Gone World ⓘ The Maximus Poems (early West Coast reception) ⓘ The Opening of the Field ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Allen Ginsberg
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Black Mountain poets ⓘ
surface form:
Berkeley Renaissance poets
Bob Kaufman ⓘ David Meltzer ⓘ Denise Levertov ⓘ Gary Snyder ⓘ George Stanley ⓘ Gregory Corso ⓘ Harold Norse ⓘ Helen Adam ⓘ Jack Kerouac ⓘ Jack Spicer ⓘ James Broughton ⓘ Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ
surface form:
Kenneth Rexroth
Kirby Doyle ⓘ Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ Lew Welch ⓘ Madeline Gleason ⓘ Gary Snyder ⓘ
surface form:
Michael McClure
Peter Orlovsky ⓘ Philip Lamantia ⓘ Philip Whalen ⓘ Robert Creeley ⓘ Robert Duncan ⓘ Robert Duncan–Jack Spicer circle ⓘ Robin Blaser ⓘ Ruth Witt-Diamant ⓘ Six Gallery poets ⓘ William Everson ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1940s ⓘ |
| influenced |
American avant-garde poetry
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Beat Generation ⓘ Beat poetry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ |
| movementInfluencedBy |
Buddhism
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Imagism ⓘ
surface form:
Objectivist poetry
Romanticism ⓘ anarchism ⓘ imagism ⓘ jazz ⓘ modernism ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| partOf |
American literature
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postwar American avant-garde ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Renaissance (visual arts)
subject surface form:
Part II (section of "Howl")
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Renaissance poets
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Renaissance poets
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Renaissance poetry
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Renaissance poets
this entity surface form:
San Francisco counterculture
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Renaissance poetry scene
subject surface form:
Gregory Corso
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Renaissance poets