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The Poetics of the American Suburbs
Jo Gill
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Description for The Poetics of the American Suburbs
Paperback. 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. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
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.
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
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349464784
SKU
V9781349464784
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Ref
99-15
About Jo Gill
Jo Gil is Senior Lecturer in 20th Century Literature and Director of Education at the University of Exeter.
Reviews for The Poetics of the American Suburbs
Jo Gill has produced the first careful study of US poets responding to post-World War II suburbanization. ... Poetics of the American Suburbs should initiate new research on the material and cultural histories of suburbs ... . a commendable contribution to Palgrave/Macmillan's Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics series. (Peter Schmidt, ALH Review, January, 2016) ... Read more