This study of the work of the New York poet Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) emphasizes a largely overlooked aspect of O'Hara's poetics: the aspect of the urban homosexual, or gay, experience. It also emphasizes his frequent fusion of the aesthetics of poetry with the aesthetics of the visual arts. Revealing the importance of the deliberately (given the societal mood of the '50s and '60s) sedimented homosexual meaning in O'Hara's poetry, as well as the importance of the art of the Abstract Expressionists, The Exploration of the Secret Smile offers a new outlook on the congruence of his poetic can.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN-10
0820409588
ISBN-13
9780820409580
eBay Product ID (ePID)
158324776
Product Key Features
Author
Alice C Parker
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Literary Criticism
Additional Product Features
Issn
0895-0512
Series Part/Volume Number
25
First Published
1989
Series Title
American University Studies Series 24: American Literature
Date of Publication
01/01/1990
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Publication
United States
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