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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bennett, Chad, 1976- (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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