At the Brink of Infinity: Poetic Humility in Boundless American Space

Contents

Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii One The Beachcomber’s Horizon 1 Two An Everywhere of Silver 23 Three Privacies of Storm 49 Four Dickinson Outdoors 75 Five Frost and the Unmoving World 107 Six Bishop’s Weighted Eye 137 Seven Merrill’s Expansiveness 171 Epilogue 193 Notes 211 Works Consulted 229 Index 237 Contents One value even of the smallest well is, that when you look into it you see that earth is not continent but insular. This is as important as that it keeps butter cool. —H. D. Thoreau, Walden ...