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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452033603321

Autore

Bryson J. Scott <1968->

Titolo

The west side of any mountain [[electronic resource] ] : place, space, and ecopoetry / / J. Scott Bryson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2005

ISBN

1-58729-640-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

811/.540936

Soggetti

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Nature in literature

Place (Philosophy) in literature

Space and time in literature

Ecology in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude; 2. Divided against Ourselves; 3. Finding the Way Back; 4. Both Sides of the Beautiful Water; 5. Between Earth and Silence; 6. The West Side of Any Mountain; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In contrast to nature poets of the past who tended more toward the bucolic and pastoral, many contemporary nature poets are taking up radical environmental and ecological themes. In the last few years, interesting and evocative work that examines this poetry has begun to lay the foundation for studies in ecopoetics. Informed in general by current thinking in environmental theory and specifically by the work of cultural geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, The West Side of Any Mountain participates in and furthers this scholarly attention by offering an overarching theoretical framework with which to approach the field."--BOOK JACKET.