James Perrin Warren is assistant professor of English at Washington and Lee University and the author of several books on nineteenth-century American literature.
"James Perrin Warren goes a long way toward remedying the relative
critical neglect of John Haines's work, making a convincing case
for the importance of the prose as well as the poetry, which he
regards as deserving comparison with that of such major ecopoets as
Robert Bly, W. S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, and Wendell Berry. . . . (A)
pioneering book-length study of Haines's career."-- "Western
American Literature"
"Unlike other writers who focus on Alaskan themes, Haines spent 24
years homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness. The experience helped
him, according to Warren, find his authentic voice. While he toiled
in near isolation during the first decade of his Alaskan adventure,
his interactive dialogue with other writers helped hone a poetic
vision which connected a sense of place in the wilderness to a
larger ecological vision of the world."-- "Alaska History"
"Warren has written a remarkable book of criticism, complete with
biographical aspects, that will be the cornerstone of future Haines
scholarship. . . . Warren provides fresh insight with a
line-by-line analysis of how his poetry evolved over decades when
Haines was simultaneously isolated at his Alaska homestead and yet
connected to the literary world via correspondence with William
Carlos Williams, Robert Bly, Donald Hall, Wendell Berry, and
others."-- "Northern Review"
"Warren weaves biography with analysis . . . [and] makes a
compelling case that Haines should be more widely read."--
"Choice"
"Warren's deeply researched, perceptive account of the development
of Haines's career should be essential reading for anyone
interested in the writer's work."-- "Western Literature
Association"
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