The Poetics of the American Suburbs [electronic resource] /
Gill, Jo.author.
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-212) and index.
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.
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.
Poetry.
America—Literatures.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature—Philosophy.
Poetry and Poetics.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.