Greening the Lyre Environmental Poetics and Ethics |
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| Author:
| Gilcrest, David W. |
| Series title: | Environmental Arts and Humanities Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87417-554-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Nevada Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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This work covers important and neglected ground--environmental language theory. Gilcrest poses two overarching questions: To what extent does contemporary nature poetry represent a recapitulation of familiar poetics? And, to what extent does contemporary nature poetry engage a poetics that stakes out new territory? He addresses these questions with important thinkers, especially Kenneth Burke, and considers such poets as Frost, Kunitz, Heaney, Ammons, Cardenal, and Rich.
This work covers important and neglected ground--environmental language theory. Gilcrest poses two overarching questions: To what extent does contemporary nature poetry represent a recapitulation of familiar poetics? And, to what extent does contemporary nature poetry engage a poetics that stakes out new territory? He addresses these questions with important thinkers, especially Kenneth Burke, and considers such poets as Frost, Kunitz, Heaney, Ammons, Cardenal, and Rich.