Queer Lyrics: Difficulty and Closure in American Poetry

Queer Lyrics fills a gap in queer studies: the lyric, as poetic genre, has never been directly addressed by queer theory. Vincent uses formal concerns, difficulty and closure, to discuss innovations specific to queer American poets. He traces a genealogy based on these queer techniques from Whitman, through Crane and Moore, to Ashbery and Spicer. Queer Lyrics considers the place of form in queer theory, while opening new vistas on the poetry of these seminal figures.

Author: J. Vincent
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/02/2003
Pages: 215
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.02h x 6.36w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780312294977

About the Author
JOHN VINCENT is Assistant Professor of English and American Studies at Wesleyan University, USA.