Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Noticing Small Worlds
1. “Turns unperceived beneath – our Feet": Dickinson’s Frequent Acts of Noticing Small Nature
2. “What is the Grass?”: Whitman’s Originating Moment of Noticing Small Nature
Part II: Describing Local Lands
3. “The Acre gives them – Place – / They – Him – Attention”: Dickinson’s Sparse Description
4. “With angry moans the fierce old mother incessantly moaning”: Whitman’s Narrative Description
Part III: Narrating the Regions
5. “A Field of Stubble, lying sere”: Dickinson’s Reluctant New England Narratives
6. “Clearing the ground for broad humanity”: Whitman’s Affirmative Regional Narratives
Part IV: Envisioning the Earth
7. “The Earth and I and One”: Dickinson’s Vision of Global Dwelling
8. “What is this earth to our affections?”: Whitman’s Vision of Cosmic Companionship
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index