From Origin to Ecology: Nature and the Poetry of W.S. Merwin

This book examines the poetry of the contemporary American writer W. S. Merwin with respect to the natural world. This ecocritical study of his poetry since 1963 looks at his search for a balanced relationship between humankind and nature, his sense that modern humans have lost many of their early ties to nature, and his warnings about the apocalyptic situation now evident for the planet. It incorporates ecocriticism, anthropology, works of other poets, Merwin criticism, and MerwinOs interviews and essays.