Queer optimism
Subtitle: lyric personhood and other felicitous persuasions
By: Michael D. Snediker.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780816649990; 9780816650002
Subjects: Crane, Hart, -- 1899-1932 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dickinson, Emily, -- 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation; Spicer, Jack -- Criticism and interpretation; Bishop, Elizabeth, -- 1911-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation; American poetry -- History and criticism; Gay men's writings, American -- History and criticism; Homosexuality and literature -- United States; Optimism in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hart Crane's smile: affirming certain things; title: Emily Dickinson's queer pain: "One claw upon the air"; title: Jack Spicer's Billy the Kid: beyond the singular personal; title: Elizabeth Bishop's crane, and the good-enough poem.