The West Side of Any Mountain: Place, Space, and Ecopoetry

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The฀West฀Side฀ University of Iowa Press Iowa City of฀Any฀Mountain ฀ Place,฀Space,฀ ฀ and฀Ecopoetry ฀ J.฀Scott฀Bryson University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress Copyright © 2005 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Design by April Leidig-Higgins A shorter version of chapter 3 appeared in the Fall 2002 issue (27.3) of MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. Used with permission. Chapter 5 is an extended version of an essay that originally appeared in Ecopoetry: A Critical Introduction, J. Scott Bryson, ed. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2002). Used with permission. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bryson, J. Scott, 1968–. The west side of any mountain: place, space, and ecopoetry/by J. Scott Bryson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.  0-87745-955- (cloth) 1. American poetry—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Nature in literature. 3. Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927– —Criticism and interpretation. 4. Berry, Wendell, 1934– —Criticism and interpretation. 5. Oliver, Mary, 1935– — Criticism and interpretation. 6. Harjo, Joy—Criticism and interpretation. 7. Place (Philosophy) in literature. 8. Space and time in literature. 9. Ecology in literature. I. Title. . 2005 811'.540936—dc22 2005047011 05 06 07 08 09  5 4 3 2 1 For฀T ...