The Confessional Poets

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American literature
Confessional poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Confessional Poets
gptkbp:influenced Contemporary poetry
gptkbp:influenced_by Existentialism
Freudian psychology
gptkbp:is_available_in 1970s
gptkbp:is_characterized_by Personal experience
Introspection
Emotional honesty
gptkbp:is_criticized_for Critiqued for self-indulgence
Critiqued for emotional excess
Critiqued for lack of universality
gptkbp:legacy Encouraged vulnerability in writing
Influenced LGBTQ+ poetry
Influenced feminist poetry
Paved the way for personal narrative in poetry
Promoted the exploration of taboo subjects
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:John_Berryman
gptkb:Robert_Lowell
gptkb:Sylvia_Plath
gptkb:Anne_Sexton
gptkb:W._D._Snodgrass
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Dream_Songs
gptkb:Ariel
gptkb:Life_Studies
gptkb:To_Bedlam_and_Part_Way_Back
gptkb:The_Collected_Poems_of_W._D._Snodgrass
gptkbp:premiered_on 1950s
gptkbp:themes gptkb:TV_series
gptkb:Death
gptkb:Love
Family dynamics
Mental illness
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