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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Handley, George B., 1964-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation.
Whitman, Walt.
Walcott, Derek.
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
American poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
American poetry.
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973--Criticism and interpretation.
Neruda, Pablo.
Chilean poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
Chilean poetry.
Walcott, Derek--Criticism and interpretation.
English poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
English poetry.
Ecocriticism.
Philosophy of nature in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.
Criticism and interpretation.
Physical Description:
xi, 442 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]
Contents:
Ecology, the New World, and the "American" Adam
A New World poetics
Reading Whitman in the New World
Nature's last chemistry
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-427) and index.
ISBN:
9780820328645
0820328642
OCLC:
76836135

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