The Poetics of the American Suburbs / by Jo Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Jo., Author.

Series:

Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, 2634-6060

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

America--Literatures.

America.

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature, Modern.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Poetry and Poetics.

North American Literature.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Local Subjects:

Poetry and Poetics.

North American Literature.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Constructing the suburbs

Suburban tastes

The "poet laureate of suburbia"

Suburban landscapes

The look of the suburbs

On the margins

Conclusion: the song of the suburbs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-212) and index.

ISBN:

9781349464784

1349464783

9781137340238

1137340231

OCLC:

880440395