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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 twentieth-century American literature.
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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 twentieth-century American literature.
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The Poetics of the American Suburbs

The Poetics of the American Suburbs

by Jo Gill
The Poetics of the American Suburbs

The Poetics of the American Suburbs

by Jo Gill

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349464784
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 11/08/2015
Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
Edition description: 1st ed. 2013
Pages: 225
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of 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
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Social Sciences
Literary Criticism
Sociology
American Literature
Poetry - Literary Criticism
Urban Sociology
General & Miscellaneous Poetry - Literary Criticism
Suburban Sociology
American Poetry - 20th Century - Literary Criticism
American poetry->20th century->History and criticism

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