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117:modernist literature
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583:Declaration
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958:Imaginism
938:The Group
908:Gay Saber
898:Fugitives
878:Ecopoetry
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632:Lucky Jim
568:Key works
544:John Wain
267:The Group
260:New Lines
204:New Lines
193:New Lines
186:John Wain
170:Thom Gunn
158:New Lines
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684:Related
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246:Decline
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