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

by Anthony Hunt

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874174783
• ISBN13: 9780874174786
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"