Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.
Introduction : frame and flux -- Frost's crossings -- Stevens' eccentricity -- Moore's America -- Amy Clampitt : nomad exquisite -- A.R. Ammons : pilgrim, sage, ordinary man -- John Ashbery : landscapeople -- Epilogue : "the machine in the garden."
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"A comprehensive exploration of a powerful dynamic in American poetry, Shifting Ground ranges from the sly subversions of Robert Frost's "Directive" to the vertiginous "temporal space" of John Ashbery's "Haunted Landscape." Sustained readings of dozens of major poems by Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, and Marianne Moore open new perspectives on landscape as metaphor in these canonical moderns, while illuminating chapters on Amy Clampitt, A.R. Ammons, and John Ashbery map the fluctuating terrain of postmodern poetry with compelling clarity."--Jacket.
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Shifting ground.
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American poetry-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Landscapes in literature.
Paysage dans la littérature.
Poésie américaine-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.