LEADER 02922nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910812922703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03701-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674037014 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805573 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486151 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11347179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486151 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430289 035 $a(PQKB)10748275 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300652 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300652 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328830 035 $a(OCoLC)923112663 035 $a(DE-B1597)571824 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674037014 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805573 100 $a20030620d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA new theory for American poetry $edemocracy, the environment, and the future of imagination /$fAngus Fletcher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 316 p.) 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-674-01201-1 311 $a0-674-01988-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-310) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tAcknowledgments --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1 Clare?s Horizon --$t2 The Argument of Form --$t3 Description --$t4 Ashbery?s Clare --$t5 Diurnal Knowledge --$t6 The Whitman Phrase --$t7 The Environment-Poem --$t8 Waves and the Troping of Poetic Form --$t9 Middle Voice --$t10 Ashbery and the Becoming of the Poem --$t11 Meditating Chaos and Complexity --$t12 ?The Long Amazing and Unprecedented Way? --$t13 Coherence --$t14 Precious Idiosyncrasy: An Epilogue --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aRather than treating American poets as the happy or rebellious children of European romanticism, Fletcher uncovers a distinct lineage for American poetry. His point of departure is the English writer John Clare - he then centres on the radically American vision expressed by Emerson and Walt Whitman. 606 $aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aEnvironmental protection in literature 606 $aDemocracy in literature 606 $aEcology in literature 606 $aNature in literature 606 $aImagination 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aEnvironmental protection in literature. 615 0$aDemocracy in literature. 615 0$aEcology in literature. 615 0$aNature in literature. 615 0$aImagination. 676 $a811.009 700 $aFletcher$b Angus$f1930-$0202793 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812922703321 996 $aA new theory for American poetry$93948465 997 $aUNINA