Modernist poetry in English Modernist poetry in English The Black Mountain poets, sometimes called the Projectivist poets, were a group of mid 20th century American avant-garde or postmodern poets centered around Black Mountain College. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Mountain poets"
David Gascoyne ( October 10, 1916 - November 25, 2001) was a British poet associated with the Surrealist movement. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Gascoyne"
Deep image is a term coined by Jerome Rothenberg and Robert Kelly in the second issue of Trobar, and was used to describe poetry written by him and by Robert Kelly, Diane Wakoski and Clayton Eshleman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deep image"
The Language or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets were the most significant avant garde grouping in United States poetry in the last quarter of the 20th century. In developing a poetic, they took as their starting point the emphasis on method evident in the modernist tradition, particularly as represented by Gertrude Stein, the Objectivist poet Louis Zukofsky and John Cage. It should be noted that the poets involved largely chose to use the term, when they used it at all, sans equal signs. Critically, the use of the equal signs in the name of the group in any critical article is evidence that the author has only peripheral knowledge of the group and its activities. ...more on Wikipedia about "L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets"
Modernist poetry in English is generally considered to have emerged in the early years of the 20th century with the first appearance of the Imagist poets. In common with many other modernists, these poets were writing in reaction to what they saw as the excesses of Victorian poetry, with its emphasis on traditional formalism and overly flowery poetic diction. In many respects, their criticism of contemporary poetry echoes what William Wordsworth wrote in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads to instigate the Romantic movement in British poetry over a century earlier. ...more on Wikipedia about "Modernist poetry in English"
The New York School was an informal group of American poets and painters active in 1950s New York City. Critics argued that their work was a reaction to the Confessionalist movement in contemporary poetry. Their poetic subject matter was often light, violent, or observational, while their writing style was often described as cosmopolitan and world-traveled. The poets often drew inspiration from Surrealism and the contemporary avant-garde art movement, in particular the action painting of their friends in the New York City art circle. ...more on Wikipedia about "New York School"
Nicholas Moore ( 16 November 1918 – 1986) was an English poet, associated with the New Apocalyptics in the 1940s, who later dropped out of the literary world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nicholas Moore" Visit again http://www.shortopedia.com Modernist_poetry_in_English
Pete Morgan (Born 1939 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a British poet, lyricist and TV documentary author and presenter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pete Morgan"
W. S. Graham ( November 19 1918 - January 9 1986) was a Scottish poet who is often associated with Dylan Thomas and the neo-romantic group of poets. Graham's work was mostly overlooked in his lifetime but, partly due to the support of Harold Pinter, he has enjoyed a revival in recent years and is represented in the Oxford Press Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry ( 2001). ...more on Wikipedia about "W. S. Graham"
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