Deconstructing Anthropocentrism: The Poetry of Gary Snyder and W. S. Merwin

Meditating on the works of contemporary American poets and environmental activists Gary Snyder and W. S. Merwin, Barış Ağır explores the traces of two central cultures, the American Indian and Buddhism, in Snyder’s and Merwin’s poetics. The book culminates in a discussion of these poets’ new mythic sense derived from non-Western origin which ultimately deconstructs the anthropocentric ethics and values of Western culture. Barış Ağır is an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Turkey.