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Martian school of poetry
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Martian school of poetry

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  • British Surrealism

    The so-called Martian school of poetry was also founded on eccentric, defamiliarizing imagery pioneered by Surrealists of the 1930s.

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    The so-called Martian school of poetry was also founded on eccentric, defamiliarizing imagery pioneered by Surrealists of the 1930s.

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  • Beowulf
    English literature
    / Poetry

    …came to be called the Martian school of poetry. The defining characteristic of this school was a poetry rife with startling images, unexpected but audaciously apt similes, and rapid, imaginative tricks of transformation that set the reader looking at the world afresh.

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    …came to be called the Martian school of poetry. The defining characteristic of this school was a poetry rife with startling images, unexpected but audaciously apt similes, and rapid, imaginative tricks of transformation that set the reader looking at the world afresh.

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