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Author:

Handley, George B., 1964-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xi, 441 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

0820328642 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780820328645 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006039625

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)