The Movement (literature)

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The Movement (literature) was a mid-20th-century group of British poets and novelists, including figures like Philip Larkin, known for their restrained style, clarity, and rejection of modernist experimentation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary movement ⓘ
poetry movement ⓘ
associatedWith post-war British literature ⓘ
university-educated writers ⓘ
characteristic anti-romantic tone ⓘ
clarity ⓘ
colloquial language ⓘ
formal control ⓘ
ironic detachment ⓘ
restrained style ⓘ
skeptical attitude ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception seen as a reaction against high modernism ⓘ
sometimes criticized as conservative ⓘ
editorOfKeyAnthology Robert Conquest ⓘ
field English literature ⓘ
focus contemporary British life ⓘ
ordinary experience ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasMember D. J. Enright ⓘ
Donald Davie ⓘ
Elizabeth Jennings ⓘ
John Holloway ⓘ
John Wain ⓘ
Kingsley Amis ⓘ
linked to: Sir Kingsley Amis

Philip Larkin ⓘ
Robert Conquest ⓘ
Thom Gunn ⓘ
influenced British realist novelists ⓘ
later British poets of the 1960s ⓘ
influencedBy Augustan poetry ⓘ
English realist tradition ⓘ
Thomas Hardy ⓘ
keyAnthology New Lines ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
novel ⓘ
location Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
media poetry ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ
notableWork New Lines ⓘ
opposedTo avant-garde techniques ⓘ
modernist experimentation ⓘ
neo-romanticism ⓘ
startTime 1950s ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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Philip Larkin → movement → The Movement (literature) ⓘ
Thom Gunn → memberOf → The Movement (literary group) ⓘ
linked to: The Movement (literature)