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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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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