Gary Snyder
Who
- German Scottish (classic WASP)
- translator from Asian languages to English
- environmentalist
- Buddhist
- (this stuff is specific and interesting and makes someone unique - THAT’s the kind of stuff that might get into his/her work)(these beliefs take effort - when someone has to work to be different, then those things that they work at are obviously VERY significant to them)
- you’re looking for CORE ELEMENTS of a poet’s life - the DIFFERENCES from normal
Where -
- California raised (specific thing)
- San Francisco - Berkeley University (also a specific thing)
- NorthWest coast lifestyle (it is a specific thing)
- Native influences from his schooling
- did some writing and living in Asia
When -
- born in the 30s - came out of the Great Depression - impact?
- writing in the 50s and 60s - HUGE IMPACT - a giant upheaval of the American Dream
- He was a Beat poet! (this is a big movement that had specific elements to it)
- back then, poetry was cool - it was popular, it was interesting, it got girls for male poets, it got guys for female poets
What -
- I now know a LOT of things that I can bring into my reading and thinking
- they come from my research
No comments:
Post a Comment