1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453869603321

Autore

Smith Hazel <1950->

Titolo

Hyperscapes in the Poetry of Frank O'Hara [[electronic resource] ] : Difference, Homosexuality, Topography

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-78138-674-9

1-84631-330-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

811.54

811/.54

Soggetti

O''Hara, Frank

Homosexuality and literature - History - 20th century - United States

Art and literature - History - 20th century - United States

Difference (Psychology) in literature

City and town life in literature

Gay men in literature

English

Languages & Literatures

American Literature

Electronic books.

New York (N.Y.) In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: Resituating O'Hara; 2: The Hyperscape and Hypergrace: The City and The Body; 3: In Memory of Metaphor: Metonymic Webs and the Deconstruction of Genre; 4: The Gay New Yorker: The Morphing Sexuality; 5: The Poem as Talkscape: Conversation, Gossip, Performativity, Improvisation; 6: Why I Am Not a Painter: Visual Art, Semiotic Exchange, Collaboration; Coda: Moving the Landscapes; Appendix: More Collaboration; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Frank O'Hara's poetry evokes a specific era and location: New York in the fifties and early sixties. This is a pre-computer age of typewritten manuscripts, small shops and lunch hours: it is also an age of gay



repression, accelerating consumerism and race riots. Hazel Smith suggests that the location and dislocation of the cityscape creates 'hyperscapes' in the poetry of Frank O'Hara. The hyperscape is a postmodern site characterised by difference, breaking down unified concepts of text, city, subject and art, and remoulding them into new textual, subjective and political spaces. This book the

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450285203321

Autore

Eicher John H

Titolo

Civil War high commands [[electronic resource] /] / by John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher ; foreword by John Y. Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8047-8035-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1032 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EicherDavid J. <1961->

Disciplina

973.7/13

Soggetti

Generals - United States - History - 19th century

Generals - Confederate States of America - History

Statesmen - United States - History - 19th century

Statesmen - Confederate States of America - History

Command of troops - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

Confederate States of America Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [933]-968) and index.