Excavating Mecca: Gwendolyn Brooks’s Spatial Sensitivity

This essay explores Gwendolyn Brooks’s reconstruction of the Mecca flats in her long poem “In the Mecca.” It seeks to supplement previous readings that emphasized the symbolic and metaphorical dimensions of the poem by examining Brooks’s accurate rendition of the Mecca as a built environment. This s...

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Published inInstitute of British and American Studies Vol. 48; pp. 55 - 78
Main Author 김의영(Kim Eui Young)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Korean
Published Institute of British & American Studies Center for International Area Studies Hankuk University of Foreign Studies 28.02.2020
한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
영미연구소
Subjects
학제간연구
게토
모더니즘 건축
the ghetto
그웬돌린 브룩스
도시계획
architectural modernism
In the Mecca
urban planning
메카에서
Gwendolyn Brooks
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ISSN2508-4135
2508-5417
DOI10.25093/jbas.2020.48.55

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Ⅱ. Interior Streets Ⅲ. An Unfulfilled Promise Ⅳ. Odd or Even Ⅴ. Conclusion Works Cited