Imagining the Earth: Poetry and the Vision of Nature

by John Elder

Book Overview

This landmark work explores how our attitudes toward nature are mirrored in and influenced by poetry. Showing us a resurgent vision of harmony between nature and humanity in the work of some of our most widely read poets, Imagining the Earth reveals the power of poetry to identify, interpret, and celebrate a wide range of issues related to nature and our place in it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252011775
• ISBN13: 9780252011771
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"