Jo Gill
Biographic Data
| ID | 3652524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jo Gill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jo |
| FAMILY NAME | Gill |
| SIGNATURE | GILL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5272-8624 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Male Poets and the Agon of the Mother
Gwendolyn Brooks and the Legacies of Architectural Modernity
This essay reads the work of poet, Gwendolyn Brooks, in terms of its critical engagement with the architectural modernity of her home city, Chicago. Taking her poetry from A Street in Bronzeville (1945) through to the 1968 collection, In the Mecca, as a primary focus, the essay traces the significance of Chicago style architecture on Brooks’ aesthetic. It was in Chicago that some of the first tall office buildings were designed; it was here that …
Quite the opposite of a feminist
This article examines the relationship between feminist and anti-feminist discourses in the period between World War II and the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (1963). It takes as its primary focus the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘housewife poet’ and self-proclaimed anti-feminist, Phyllis McGinley. McGinley was a successful poet who has disappeared from the record since the publication in 1964 of Sixpence in her Shoe—her b…
‘Your story. My story’
Anne Sexton
Paula M. Salvio. Anne Sexton: Teacher of Weird Abundance. Foreword by Madeleine R. Grumet. Albany: SUNY P, 2007. 151 pp. ISBN 978-07914-7098-5, $22.95
Poetry and Autobiography
Modern confessional writing
Exaggerated American’
Exaggerated American’
Modern confessional writing
Anne Sexton
Paula M. Salvio. Anne Sexton: Teacher of Weird Abundance. Foreword by Madeleine R. Grumet. Albany: SUNY P, 2007. 151 pp. ISBN 978-07914-7098-5, $22.95
Poetry and Autobiography
‘Your story. My story’
Quite the opposite of a feminist
This article examines the relationship between feminist and anti-feminist discourses in the period between World War II and the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (1963). It takes as its primary focus the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘housewife poet’ and self-proclaimed anti-feminist, Phyllis McGinley. McGinley was a successful poet who has disappeared from the record since the publication in 1964 of Sixpence in her Shoe—her b…
Male Poets and the Agon of the Mother
Gwendolyn Brooks and the Legacies of Architectural Modernity
This essay reads the work of poet, Gwendolyn Brooks, in terms of its critical engagement with the architectural modernity of her home city, Chicago. Taking her poetry from A Street in Bronzeville (1945) through to the 1968 collection, In the Mecca, as a primary focus, the essay traces the significance of Chicago style architecture on Brooks’ aesthetic. It was in Chicago that some of the first tall office buildings were designed; it was here that …
Art (5 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Poetry (3 works) · Poetry Analysis and Criticism (3 works) · 20th century (2 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works)