Post by codalunga on Mar 28, 2015 12:32:46 GMT -5
The title of this thread quotes Perlman, when at the very beginning of AH,AL! he refers to Melville and Thoreau as those American predecessors who "drew the curtain and flooded the stage with light" and "made the secret public". Their writings showed a different perspective on the role of civilization, the concept of wildness/wilderness and the relationship between man and the environment. What I'd like to know is how do you relate to the American literary canon: is there any other author belonging to the canon who, in your opinion, had or has a specific mindset regarding wildness and civilization? What about Muir for example or, talking about contemporary work, Annie Dillard, just to name a few? I'm not excluding poetry here: I'd really like to know your opinions on stuff like ecopoetry (think about Robinson Jeffers or Mary Oliver for example).
I'm talking about canon here in order to limit the discussion about the authors who are "officially" (whatever that means) recognized - both within domestic boundaries as well as overseas - as the best writers of the US of A. I'm interested, of course, in your own understanding of these authors, in your own experience with their works. Let's try to keep every sort of academic diatribe out of here
I'm talking about canon here in order to limit the discussion about the authors who are "officially" (whatever that means) recognized - both within domestic boundaries as well as overseas - as the best writers of the US of A. I'm interested, of course, in your own understanding of these authors, in your own experience with their works. Let's try to keep every sort of academic diatribe out of here
