Word of mouth : gossip and American poetry /

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"Word of Mouth brings together the insights of queer and lyric theory to tell the story of how gossip modeled forms of sociality and voice that poets experimented with over the course of the twentieth century. Through a set of case studies of culturally diverse American poets--Gertrude Stein, L...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, Chad, 1976- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1900-1999
Queer theory.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Gossip in literature.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Théorie queer.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Potins dans la littérature.
Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.
American poetry.
Literature and society.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the poet and the gossip
  • "They will tell well": Gertrude Stein, address, and gossip
  • "Ain't you heard?": Langston Hughes's queer gossip
  • "The dish that's art": Frank O'Hara's self-gossip
  • "The celestial salon": James Merrill and the afterlife of gossip
  • Coda: status update.

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