Greening The Lyre
| Author | : David W. Gilcrest |
| Publisher | : University of Nevada Press |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2002-05-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780874175547 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0874175542 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (542 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Greening The Lyre by : David W. Gilcrest
Download or read book Greening The Lyre written by David W. Gilcrest and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
