Background
Hix, Harvey Lee was born on November 24, 1960 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Harry L. Junior and Carol E. Hix.
(Describing W.S. Merwin as a moral poet, H.L. Hix identifi...)
Describing W.S. Merwin as a moral poet, H.L. Hix identifies the characteristics that have set Merwin's voice apart and suggests that an underlying vision of human interconnectedness and affinity with nature permeates his poetry. Hix surveys Merwin's oeuvre to show that despite a reputation for difficulty and obscurity, his verse is clear and direct. Through close readings of Merwin's verse, Hix traces the emergence of the poet's dominant thematic concerns. Beginning with the interest in myth that permeates "A Mask for Janus", Merwin's focus turns to apocalypse, ecology and society, until he arrives at one theme that incorporates all the others: the theme of place. The author demonstrates that whether writing the angry protest poems of "The Lice" or the intimate family reminiscences of "Opening the Hand", Merwin maintains that our isolation fom each other and our isolation from the natural world are parallel and interrelated.
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Hix, Harvey Lee was born on November 24, 1960 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Harry L. Junior and Carol E. Hix.
Bachelor, Belmont College, Nashville, 1982. Master of Arts, University Texas, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1987.
Associate professor philosophy, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, since 1987.
(Book by Hix, H. L.)
(Book by Hix, H. L.)
(Describing W.S. Merwin as a moral poet, H.L. Hix identifi...)
Member American Philosophical Association, American Society for Aesthetics.
Married Sheila Denise Pedigo, August 20, 1983.