The poetics of the American suburbs
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...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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Modern and contemporary poetry and poetics
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137340238 |
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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. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137340221, 2013. |
Carrier Form: | 256 p. |
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9781137340238 : 1137340231 : |
CLC: | I712.072 |
Contents: | 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. |