Gill The Poetics of the American Suburbs

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-34023-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 225 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics

The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the work of forty poets, including Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and John Updike. Combining textual analysis and archival research, this book offers a new perspective on the field of twentieth-century American literature.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gill, Jo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: 1: Constructing the Suburbs 2: Suburban Tastes PART II 3: The 'Poet Laureate of Suburbia' 4: Suburban Landscapes 5: The Look of the Suburbs 6: On the Margins Conclusion: The Song of the Suburbs

Über Autor(innen)

Jo Gil is Senior Lecturer in 20th Century Literature and Director of Education at the University of Exeter.