The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected Poems
This paper examines the concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime and discusses different views of nature in John Keats’ poetry through the theoretical lens of ecocriticism. Analysing the poems “O Solitude!” (1816), “On the Sea” (1817), “Written Upon the Top of Ben Nevis” (1838), and “La Belle Dame San...
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| author | Morteza Emamgholi Tabar Malakshah Behzad Pourqarib |
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| description | This paper examines the concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime and discusses different views of nature in John Keats’ poetry through the theoretical lens of ecocriticism. Analysing the poems “O Solitude!” (1816), “On the Sea” (1817), “Written Upon the Top of Ben Nevis” (1838), and “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” (1819), it employs two ecocritical approaches – Deep Ecology and “The Dark Mountain Project” – to point out that Keats’ conception of nature is both ecocentric and highly sceptical, apprehensive of humanity’s precariousness and vulnerability in the face of it. It argues that such an oxymoronic, albeit still highly potent and relevant take on the dichotomy between man and nature is in line with Keats’ self-definition as a “chameleon poet” who takes many forms and is able to observe things from different viewpoints. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4210987a915643c18e05399b5d466ef12024-04-15T14:48:36ZdeuUniversity of OsijekAnafora1849-23392459-51602018-01-015.1.23324610.29162/ANAFORA.v5i1.10The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected PoemsMorteza Emamgholi Tabar Malakshah0Behzad Pourqarib1Golestan University English Language and Literature Department, Gorgan, Shahid Behshti Street, IranGolestan University English Language and Literature Department Gorgan, Shahid Behshti Street, IranThis paper examines the concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime and discusses different views of nature in John Keats’ poetry through the theoretical lens of ecocriticism. Analysing the poems “O Solitude!” (1816), “On the Sea” (1817), “Written Upon the Top of Ben Nevis” (1838), and “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” (1819), it employs two ecocritical approaches – Deep Ecology and “The Dark Mountain Project” – to point out that Keats’ conception of nature is both ecocentric and highly sceptical, apprehensive of humanity’s precariousness and vulnerability in the face of it. It argues that such an oxymoronic, albeit still highly potent and relevant take on the dichotomy between man and nature is in line with Keats’ self-definition as a “chameleon poet” who takes many forms and is able to observe things from different viewpoints.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/295911EcocriticismRomanticismJohn Keatsthe SublimeDeep Ecologythe Dark Mountain Project |
| spellingShingle | Morteza Emamgholi Tabar Malakshah Behzad Pourqarib The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected Poems Anafora Ecocriticism Romanticism John Keats the Sublime Deep Ecology the Dark Mountain Project |
| title | The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected Poems |
| title_full | The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected Poems |
| title_fullStr | The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected Poems |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected Poems |
| title_short | The Many Faces of Nature: An Ecocritical Reading of the Concepts of Wilderness and the Sublime in John Keats’ Selected Poems |
| title_sort | many faces of nature an ecocritical reading of the concepts of wilderness and the sublime in john keats selected poems |
| topic | Ecocriticism Romanticism John Keats the Sublime Deep Ecology the Dark Mountain Project |
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