A Place for Wayfaring

by Murphy, Patrick D.

• ISBN13: 9780870714795
• ISBN10: 0870714791
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Oregon State Univ Pr

Summary

This detailed study -- the only comprehensive guide to Snyder's work -- traces his development as a writer, from rising young star of the San Francisco Renaissance to his emergence as a leading ecological thinker.

Author Biography

Patrick D. Murphy is professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
``Membership in a Real World'' An Introduction to the Writer and His Work	1	(103)
From Myth Criticism to Mythopoesis
Myths & Texts	20	(23)
Working Rhythms
Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems	43	(20)
Passing and Returning
Passage Through India and The Back Country	63	(26)
The Waves of Household and Marriage
Earth House Hold and Regarding Wave	89	(15)
Reinhabiting the Land: Turtle Island	104	(105)
Handing Down the Practice
Axe Handles and Left Out in the Rain	123	(20)
Of Wildness and Wilderness in Plain Language
The Practice of the Wild	143	(12)
Sifting and Selecting
No Nature and A Place in Space	155	(23)
The Calligraphy of Water on Rock
Mountains and Rivers Without End	178	(31)
Conclusion: As Mountains and Waters Remain, The Poet Continues Walking	209	(7)
Notes	216	(19)
Bibliography	235	(8)
Index	243