Shifting ground

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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."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: American poetry,  History and criticism,  Landscape in literature,  Landscapes in literature,  Landschaft,  Histoire et critique,  Poésie américaine,  Lyrik,  Paysage dans la littérature,  American poetry, history and criticism, 20th century

Times: 20th century