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River of Earth: Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still

River of Earth: Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still River of Earth : Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still Rebecca L. Briley Appalachian Heritage, Volume 10, Numbers 1-2, Winter-Spring 1982, pp. 95-103 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1982.0019 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441383/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:08 GMT from JHU Libraries by Rebecca L. Briley CHAPTER THREE The James Still Heritage: Hounds on the Mountain It is in James Still's Hounds on the Mountain, his first book and his only collection of poetry, that the truest and finest evidence of his mythic consciousness reveals itself. Through the careful and deliberate language of metaphor and imagery, the central theme of the collection emerges: the mythic journey of the narrator beyond his heritage to discover meaning to his life in relation to his natural surroundings. The journey culminates in the inevitable return to the land, first by a spiritual gravi- tational pull to remain where one's roots are, and eventually, a dissolving in oneness with the earth in death. Again, the language is carefully manipulated, though Still himself objects to that term, but the negative capability of the narrator makes his voice as remote and unsentimental as that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

River of Earth: Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still

Appalachian Review , Volume 10 (1) – Jan 8, 2014

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River of Earth : Mythic Consciousness in the works of James Still Rebecca L. Briley Appalachian Heritage, Volume 10, Numbers 1-2, Winter-Spring 1982, pp. 95-103 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1982.0019 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441383/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:08 GMT from JHU Libraries by Rebecca L. Briley CHAPTER THREE The James Still Heritage: Hounds on the Mountain It is in James Still's Hounds on the Mountain, his first book and his only collection of poetry, that the truest and finest evidence of his mythic consciousness reveals itself. Through the careful and deliberate language of metaphor and imagery, the central theme of the collection emerges: the mythic journey of the narrator beyond his heritage to discover meaning to his life in relation to his natural surroundings. The journey culminates in the inevitable return to the land, first by a spiritual gravi- tational pull to remain where one's roots are, and eventually, a dissolving in oneness with the earth in death. Again, the language is carefully manipulated, though Still himself objects to that term, but the negative capability of the narrator makes his voice as remote and unsentimental as that

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2014

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