Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Selected References xiii
5. 1 An Omnivorous Reader MASTERS AND INFLUENCE 1
6. 2 "While Homer and Whitman Roared in the Pines" MASTERS AS CRITIC 18
7. 3 "I Am a Hellenist" MASTERS, GOETHE, AND THE GREEKS 41
8. 4 "Awakened and Harmonized" MASTERS AND EMERSON 66
9. 5 "The Natural Child of Walt Whitman55 BEYOND THE "SPOON RIVER POET" 94
10. 6 Hymns on the Midwestern Prairie SHELLEY AND MASTERS 116
11. 7 Intense and Subtle PARLEYINGS WITH BROWNING 139
12. 8 Invisible Landscapes and New Universes "REGIONALISM" REVISITED 168
13. Notes 207
14. Index 213