Abstract
This article explores the paradoxical figure of the ghost in Robinson Jeffers’ poetry as a means of understanding his complex relationship with human presence in nature. In poems like “Tor House” and “The Place for No Story,” Jeffers’ spectral self-representation embodies both his desire for integration with the natural landscape and his ambivalence about human impacts on the environment. While Jeffers strives for an ecocentric vision that would minimize human presence, his use of the ghost figure reveals the inescapable trace of human consciousness in environmental perception and expression. The article argues that this tension ultimately suggests the possibility of sustainable human-nature relationships that acknowledge rather than deny mediation through language and human presence.
Recommended Citation
Cone, Temple
(2008)
"The Ghost of Robinson Jeffers,"
Jeffers Studies: Vol. 12, Article 3.
Available at:
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/js/vol12/iss1/3