| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The influence of Dickinson and Frost -- Sex, gender, and the rural erotic -- Fiction and non-fiction -- Ecospirituality and ecopolitics -- Economy, place, and space -- The experiemental environmental -- Valhalla -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Matthew J. Babcock's Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose presents an introduction to and analysis of nearly six decades of nature-centered literature produced by one of America's most intriguing but tragically obscure writers. Private Fire tracks the steady trajectory of Francis's life and career, situates him among more visible twentieth-century writers, and presents a broad and eclectic explication of his contribution to American environmental literature. Specifically, readers will investigate the influence Dickinson and Frost exerted on Francis, Francis's traditional and expe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Francis, Robert, 1901-1987. fast (OCoLC)fst00045009 |
| Subject |
Ecology in literature.
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Ecocriticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Ecocriticism.
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Ecology in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611490237 |
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1611490235 |
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