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Wendell Berry’s Marriage Theme and His Prophetic Vision

Wendell Berry’s Marriage Theme and His Prophetic Vision

Wendell Berry, a prophetic poet and farmer in Kentucky, raises his voice against the modern deprivation of nature by machines and human greed. He writes poems and novels as well as essays and letters. Among his various writings, this paper deals with his personal essays and poems to examine his concerns and views about nature. With his love of rural nature and farming, he stands upon the pastoral tradition. While cultivating his own native land, more than any other American poet, he is concerned with the problem of how to protect nature and prohibit man-made convenient devices from destroying the earth and the natural law. Berry’s view on environmental problems reflects the spirit of the times. Especially his poems about marriage theme explain the necessity of intimate relationship between man and nature. This metaphor of marriage is used to denote the close relationship humans have with the land as a natural element and express his vision as a regional agrarian. He proclaims that the land needs to be protected because it retains historical inheritances as well as an importance for both the present and future generations. He believes that through our understanding of this intimate relationship, we can lower ourselves to the universal order of Creation and be subjected to the law of nature. Thus we can build our future life on a safe, healthy ground.

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. The Congenial Relationship between Man and the Land Described in Berry’s Essays

Ⅲ. Poems about the Marriage Theme

Ⅳ. Conclusion

Works Cited

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