Ecopoetics: The Language of Nature, the Nature of Language

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ECOPOETICS sS “This page intentionally left blank” ECOPOETICS The Language of Nature, the Nature of Language sS UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS Amherst and Boston Copyright © 2012 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 2012024396 ISBN 978-1-55849-955-3 (paper); 954-6 (library cloth) Designed by Sally Nichols Set in Adobe Garamond Pro and Garamond Premier Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Knickerbocker, Scott. Ecopoetics : the language of nature, the nature of language / Scott Knickerbocker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55849-955-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-55849-954-6 (library cloth : alk. paper) 1. American poetry—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Nature conservation in literature. 3. Ecocriticism. 4. Philosophy of nature in literature. 5. Ecology in literature. 6. Poetics—History—20th century. I. Title. PS310.N3K65 2012 811'.50936—dc23 2012024396 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. To Megan and Rowan S s Words add to the senses. The words for the dazzle Of mica, the dithering of grass, The Arachne integument of dead trees, Are the eye grown larger, more intense. —Wallace Stevens, “Variations on a Summer Day” ...