Ornithology of desire : birding in the ecotone and the poetry of Don McKay

In this dissertation I develop a vocabulary and a strategy for reading birds and ecology in Don McKay's poetry. Stressing the importance of understanding such sciences as ornithology and ecology when adopting an interdisciplinary ecocriticism, I posit science textbooks, field guides, and extra-...

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Main Author: Mason, Travis Vincent
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31424