Genesis, Structure, and Meaning in Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers Without End

Genesis, Structure, and Meaning in Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers Without End
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Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9780874174762
ISBN-13 : 0874174767
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Book Synopsis Genesis, Structure, and Meaning in Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers Without End by : Anthony Hunt

Download or read book Genesis, Structure, and Meaning in Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers Without End written by Anthony Hunt and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gary Snyder’s long poem Mountains and Rivers Without End was published in 1996, it was hailed as a masterpiece of American poetry. Anthony Hunt offers a detailed historical and explicative analysis of this complex work using, among his many sources, Snyder’s personal papers, letters, and interviews. Hunt traces the work’s origins, as well as some of the sources of its themes and structure, including Nō drama; East Asian landscape painting; the rhythms of storytelling, chant, and song; Jungian archetypal psychology; world mythology; Buddhist philosophy and ritual; Native American traditions; and planetary geology, hydrology, and ecology. His analysis addresses the poem not merely by its content, but through the structure of individual lines and the arrangement of the parts, examining the personal and cultural influences on Snyder’s work. Hunt’s benchmark study will be rewarding reading for anyone who enjoys the contemplation of Snyder’s artistry and ideas and, more generally, for those who are intrigued by the cultural and intellectual workings of artistic composition.


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