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From Biblical times to the present day, poetry has continuously drawn us to the natural world. In this thought-provoking book, John Felstiner explores the rich legacy of poems that take nature as their subject, and he demonstrates their force and beauty.
The purpose of this essay is to examine how ecocritical readings of poems and song lyrics can work as a catalyst for discussing questions regarding sustainable development in the subject of English.
Jan 7, 2010 · Can Poetry Save the Earth?, John Felstiner's lucid and far-ranging new book, argues that poetry—specifically nature poetry—can be such an ice-axe, breaking through our dulled disregard to reawaken our sense of the vitality and beauty of nature, and therefore our determination to take actions that will preserve it.
- Ann Fisher-Wirth
- 2010
archive.org · details · isbn_9780300137507Can poetry save the earth? : a field guide to nature poems
Can poetry save the earth? : a field guide to nature poems. by. Felstiner, John. Publication date. 2009. Topics. American poetry, Nature in literature, Ecology in literature, Conservation of natural resources in literature, Environmental protection in literature. Publisher.
In this thought-provoking book, John Felstiner explores the rich legacy of poems that take nature as their subject, and he demonstrates their force and beauty. In our own time of environmental crises, he contends, poetry has a unique capacity to restore our attention to our environment in its imperiled state.
Gary Snyder is a poet and essayist as well as a social and environmental activist. He began his career in the 1950s as a member of the Beat Generation (Japhy Ryder, one of the characters in Jack Kerouac’s novel The Dharma Bums, is inspired by
His immense reading is like a forest through which he has lovingly carved out several inviting paths."-Rachel Hadas, Times Literary Supplement "John Felstiner's delightful Can Poetry Save the Earth? . . . chooses to show us, in vivid and articulate terms, the numerable ways in which 'Poems make us stop, look, and listen.' more »... . . He ...
