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Matthew J. Babcock's Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and
Prose is an examination of the life and work of one of America's
most intriguing but tragically obscure writers. Babcock uses his
own personal relationship Robert Francis's work, which emphasizes
conservation and connectedness to our natural surroundings, to
illuminate both overtones and nuances that are undoubtedly useful
to those interested in poetry and ecology. Babcock begins with a
brief biographical section intended to set the tone for readers
previously unfamiliar with Robert Francis and then continues into
an analysis of the influence of Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost on
Francis's work. Starting in Chapter Three, Private Fire shifts into
the realm of literary analysis and discusses various angles of
Francis's work, from representations of gender and sexual identity;
prose contributions, both fiction and non-fiction; religion and
politics; to themes of conservation, place-making, experimental
poetic styles, and asceticism, finishing with a discussion of
Francis's only long narrative poem, "Valhalla." This poem joins
other prophetic works in musing upon environmental apocalypticism.
Matthew J. Babcock finishes this detailed and thoughtful volume
with concluding meditations that situate Robert Francis with his
contemporaries, helping readers to locate him historically and
contextually amongst other 20th century writers. By using biography
and literary theory as the lens through which one interprets
Francis's work, Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose
successfully navigates the literary and cultural environment
surrounding a poet who himself was so connected with the world
around him.
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