An Island, a Heron, Jim Harrison, and I
Reading Poetry in Place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13100552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tyra A Olstad (SUNY Oneonta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 171-176 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | GeoHumanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2373-5678 • E-ISSN: 2373-566X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2373566x.2015.1065190 |
| OpenAlex | W2174743033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Although many researchers discuss the ways in which poetry and other literary arts can illuminate and influence readers’ perceptions of landscapes and places, few consider the reverse effect—how a reader’s immediate environment can enhance his or her understanding of a text. This creative nonfiction essay interweaves descriptions of the author’s experience in a remote corner of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska with analysis of the themes from Jim Harrison’s collection In Search of Small Gods, intending to question notions of “appropriate” literature, explore interaction between place-identity and poetry, and show how the rhythms of the real world—birds coming, birds going; tide out, tide in—can bring the written word to life
Aesthetics · Art · Heron · Identity (music · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Reading (process · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · History · Philosophy · Travel Writing and Literature · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |