Affective Connections to Nature in the Poetry of William Blake and Claudio Rodríguez

Abstract

The following paper focuses on the works of English poet, painter, and engraver William Blake and the poetry of Spanish author Claudio Rodríguez and their affective connections to nature. The two authors, whose contribution to literature has been highly recognized by critics, shared an abiding interest in nature and examining their verses and opinions will help us to observe the coincidences between them. From an ecocritical perspective, mainly based on the idea of sense of place, we will demonstrate that they shared the same emotional and sentimental concept of nature.