Research Catalog

Title

New world poetics [electronic resource] : nature and the adamic imagination of Whitman, Neruda, and Walcott / George B. Handley.

Author

Handley, George B., 1964-

Publication

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xi, 441 p.)

Uniform Title

New world poetics (Online)

Alternative Title

New world poetics (Online)

Subject

• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Criticism and interpretation
• Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 > Criticism and interpretation
• Walcott, Derek > Criticism and interpretation
• American poetry > 19th century > History and criticism
• Chilean poetry > 20th century > History and criticism
• English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism
• Ecocriticism
• Philosophy of nature in literature
• Ecology in literature
• Nature in literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-427) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Ecology, the New World, and the "American" Adam -- A New World poetics -- reading Whitman in the New World -- Nature's last chemistry in Leaves of grass -- Natural history as autobiography -- Hemispheric history as natural history -- The muse of (natural) history -- Impressionism in the New World -- Death, regeneration, and the prospect of extinction.

LCCN

2006039625

OCLC

ssj0000340918

Author

Handley, George B., 1964-

Title

New world poetics [electronic resource] : nature and the adamic imagination of Whitman, Neruda, and Walcott / George B. Handley.

Imprint

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-427) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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