02298nam 2200589 a 450 991078275810332120230721004630.01-58729-773-6(CKB)1000000000704747(EBL)843215(OCoLC)297118189(SSID)ssj0000107056(PQKBManifestationID)11131795(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107056(PQKBWorkID)10016668(PQKB)10393901(MiAaPQ)EBC843215(MdBmJHUP)muse8951(Au-PeEL)EBL843215(CaPaEBR)ebr10354523(EXLCZ)99100000000070474720070829d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAt the brink of infinity[electronic resource] poetic humility in boundless American space /James E. von der HeydtIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20081 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-628-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-235) and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Beachcomber's Horizon; An Everywhere of Silver; Privacies of Storm; Dickinson Outdoors; Frost and the Unmoving World; Bishop's Weighted Eye; Merrill's Expansiveness; Epilogue; Notes; Works Consulted; IndexIn this carefully crafted analysis, James von der Heydt shines a new light on the lyric craft of Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill and considers how their seascape-vision redefines poetry's purpose.Infinite in literatureSpace and time in literatureVision in literatureAmerican poetryHistory and criticismInfinite in literature.Space and time in literature.Vision in literature.American poetryHistory and criticism.811.009/22Von der Heydt James E1540199MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782758103321At the brink of infinity3791703UNINA