Arindam Ghosh Ecological Activism and Some of the Poems of Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and Dylan Thomas
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With the rise of ecological branch of literary criticism many critics have attempted to explore the relationship of literature and environment. Consequently the role of literature, and especially poetry is re-examined from ecocentric perspective, that is, poetry is considered as promoting ecological consciousness. Some of the critics eve argue that this consciousness can be converted into activism. To them poetry can be successfully utilized in arresting the present ecological degradation and thus can save the planet from disaster. Here some mid-twentieth century poet, namely Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and Dylan Thomas are taken and their works are considered as promoting ecological consciousness. Further, some of the poems are thought to have reached to the level of ecological activism. Hughes’ poetry directly addresses the problem of man’s cohabitation with the non-human world. Heaney attempts to establish deeper connection of the individual with the soil. And Thomas’ pantheism is often considered as having deep ecological values. In the context it is also judged if at all poetry can have the seeds for promoting a global ecological movement.
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