"LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General" . . . . . "Matthew J. Babcock's Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose presents an introduction to and analysis of nearly six decades of nature-centered literature produced by one of America's most intriguing but tragically obscure writers. Private Fire tracks the steady trajectory of Francis's life and career, situates him among more visible twentieth-century writers, and presents a broad and eclectic explication of his contribution to American environmental literature. Specifically, readers will investigate the influence Dickinson and Frost exerted on Francis, Francis's traditional and expe." . . . . . "Electronic books" . . . . . . . . . . "Private fire : Robert Francis's ecopoetry and prose" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Private fire : Robert Francis's ecopoetry and prose"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Private fire Robert Francis's ecopoetry and prose" . . . "Ecology in literature." . . . . "Umwelt." . . "Francis, Robert, 1901-1987 Criticism and interpretation." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Ecocriticism." . .