Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part 1 Foundations -- Prelude The Coat of a Horse -- Chapter 1 Zoopoetics: An Introduction -- Interlude Mimic Octopi -- Chapter 2 Walt Whitman and the Origin of Poetry -- Interlude Cats -- Chapter 3 "Whose poem is this?":...
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Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part 1 Foundations -- Prelude The Coat of a Horse -- Chapter 1 Zoopoetics: An Introduction -- Interlude Mimic Octopi -- Chapter 2 Walt Whitman and the Origin of Poetry -- Interlude Cats -- Chapter 3 "Whose poem is this?": E.E. Cummings' Zoopoetics -- Part 2 Implications -- Interlude Beluga Whales -- Chapter 4 "learning my steps": Zoopoetics and Mass Extinction in W.S. Merwin's Poetry -- Interlude Elephants -- Chapter 5 The Zoopoetics of a Multispecies Polis: Brenda Hillman's Practical Water -- Postlude Owls -- Bibliography -- About the Author. Zoopoetics exposes the continuity of poiesis across human/animal spheres. It contributes new ways of seeing animals within the poetic tradition and beyond
Zoopoetics assumes Aristotle was right. The general origin of poetry resides, in part, in the instinct to imitate. But it is an innovative imitation. An exploration of the oeuvres of Walt Whitman, E. E. Cummings, W. S. Merwin, and Brenda Hillman...
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Zoopoetics assumes Aristotle was right. The general origin of poetry resides, in part, in the instinct to imitate. But it is an innovative imitation. An exploration of the oeuvres of Walt Whitman, E. E. Cummings, W. S. Merwin, and Brenda Hillman reveals the many places where an imitation of another species' poiesis (Greek, makings) contributes to breakthroughs in poetic form. However, humans are not the only imitators in the animal kingdom. Other species, too, achieve breakthroughs in their makings through an attentiveness to the ways-of-being of other animals. For this reason, mimic octopi, e
""ZOOPOETICS""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Part 1 Foundations""; ""Prelude: The Coat of a Horse""; ""1 Zoopoetics: An Introduction""; ""Interlude: Mimic Octopi""; ""2 Walt Whitman and the Origin of Poetry""; ""Interlude: Cats""; ""3 ""Whose poem is this?"": E. E. Cummings' Zoopoetics""; ""Part 2 Implications""; ""Interlude: Beluga Whales""; ""4 ""learning my steps"": Zoopoetics and Mass Extinction in W. S. Merwin's Poetry""; ""Interlude: Elephants""; ""5 The Zoopoetics of a Multispecies Polis: Brenda Hillman's Practical Water""; ""Postlude: Owls""; ""Bibliography""
