New world poetics nature and the adamic imagination of Whitman, Neruda, and Walcott

New world poetics : nature and the adamic imagination of Whitman, Neruda, and Walcott / George B. Handley.

Author/creator	Handley, George B., 1964-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Athens : University of Georgia Press,
Description	xi, 441 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation. Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973--Criticism and interpretation. Walcott, Derek--Criticism and interpretation. American poetry--19th century --History and criticism. Chilean poetry--20th century --History and criticism. English poetry--20th century --History and criticism. Ecocriticism. Philosophy of nature in literature. Ecology in literature. Nature in literature.

Contents	Ecology, the New World, and the "American" Adam -- A New World poetics -- reading Whitman in the New World -- Nature's last chemistry in Leaves of grass -- Natural history as autobiography -- Hemispheric history as natural history -- The muse of (natural) history -- Impressionism in the New World -- Death, regeneration, and the prospect of extinction.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-427) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2006039625
ISBN	9780820328645 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820328642 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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