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The Poetics of the American Suburbs by Jo Gill (Paperback, 2015)
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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. Jo Gil is Senior Lecturer in 20th Century Literature and Director of Education at the University of Exeter. 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