Poetry: Mary Oliver Context Flashcards
What is the Gaia Theory?
Earth is a self-regulating system
- holds everything in balance
- based on the Greek goddess of the earth (Gaia)
What is naturalistic pantheism?
Earth is a being
Nature is a goddess
What’s is this belief of Animism?
A soul and spirit exists in very living thing (including plants)
- nature is of the same worth as humans
- thank animals for sacrifice - become one
What were the up and coming movements of the 1979s called?
- name 3
New age movements
- animism
- Gaia theory
- naturalistic pantheism
What was Ronald Reagan’s influence of society in the 1980s
US president
- caused a shift in societal values
- concentration of individuality and material gain
What was the big science/technology breakthrough in the 1980s and why did it cause ‘panic’
Biological manipulation
- ability to alter nature
When was new and selected poems released
1992
What is the prevailing idiom of “New and Selected Poems”
Solitary speaker
- uneasy, questioning spirit
- search for understanding
In what order is the poem collection sorted?
Reverse chronological order
What is the symbol of death representing throughout all Mary Oliver poems?
The final wedding between natural and humanity
