Ebook {Epub PDF} Can Poetry Save the Earth?: A Field Guide to Nature Poems by John Felstiner

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Can Poetry Save the Earth?: A Field Guide to Nature Poems: Author: John Felstiner: Edition: unabridged: Publisher: Yale University Press, ISBN: , Length: pages. For folks new to poetry about nature and even for folks new to poetry, this book is a nifty introduction. Probably not, but poetry can sure help us see the earth and that's worth something. Felstiner's "field guide" starts with the Bible and anonymous and works up to Gary Snyder (born ), so nobody younger than 79 and that leaves out a big crowd of poets who are seeing the earth. Felstiner, John. Can poetry save the earth?: a field guide to nature poems / John Felstiner. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (cloth: alk. paper) 1. American poetry—History and criticism. 2. Nature in literature. 3. Ecology in literature. 4. Conservation of natural resources in literature. 5.