New world poetics nature and the adamic imagination of Whitman, Neruda, and Walcott / [electronic resource] :
George B. Handley.
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
- xi, 441 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-427) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 --Criticism and interpretation. Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 --Criticism and interpretation. Walcott, Derek--Criticism and interpretation.
American poetry--History and criticism.--19th century Chilean poetry--History and criticism.--20th century English poetry--History and criticism.--20th century Ecocriticism. Philosophy of nature in literature. Ecology in literature. Nature in literature.