The wilds of poetry : adventures in mind and landscape /

An exploration of the emerging Western consciousness of the mystery of existence, as seen through the work of the great American poets from Walt Whitman to Gary Snyder, a thrilling journey with today's premier translator of the Chinese classics. David Hinton sees in the West beginning in the ni...

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Main Author: Hinton, David, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
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