I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere “Dominion Over Nature”, som er et uddrag fra en essaysamling af Robert Pack. Uddraget stammer fra lærebogen Wider Contexts. Udover analysehjælpen kan du finde et summary af teksten, hjælp til at finde frem til dens intention og forslag til perspektivering.
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: Dominion Over Nature (1993)
Afsender: Robert Pack
Genre: Uddrag fra et essay
Robert Pack (f. 1929) er en amerikansk lyriker, litteraturkritiker og professor. Han har skrevet flere bøger om lyrik. Pack beundrer især Robert Frosts digte, og dem analyserer han i essaysamlingen Belief and Uncertainty in the Poetry of Robert Frost (2003). Uddraget “Dominion Over Nature” indgår i den samling og fokuserer på menneskers problematiske holdning til naturen.
Uddrag
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Sender
The sender of the excerpt “Dominion Over Nature” is Robert Pack, an American poet, critic, and professor. Pack has written several books of poetry, the last of which, Laughter Before Sleep, was published in 2011.
Pack is also the author of several non-fiction books. One of his books, a collection of essays called Belief and Uncertainty in the Poetry of Robert Frost, was published in 2003. The excerpt in Wider Contexts is taken from the first chapter of this collection of essays and focuses on how mankind relates to nature.
It is also worth mentioning that Pack is an admirer of poet Robert Frost, who influenced his work and whom he met while attending Dartmouth College. Pack’s personal connection with the poet and his professional experience as both a poet and a critic give him the authority to write on this topic. It means that he is writing about something in which he is an expert. This adds to his reliability.
