The boreal dragon : encounters with a northern land / Katherine Bitney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bitney, Katherine.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hamilton, Ont. : Wolsak and Wynn Publishers, 2013.

Summary:

In The Boreal Dragon, Katherine Bitney engages with the environment around her artistically, ethically and spiritually. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Bitney invites the reader first into her garden, where she entrances with her poetic snapshots of the seasons; then into the northern woods, where she captivates with her discussion of artistic engagement with nature; and finally into the mind, where she asks hard questions about how we treat our world. With her poets' turn of phrase, Bitney writes gracefully about issues that are often difficult and awkward. The Boread Dragon is an elegant work of environmental literature. Book jacket.

Contents:

Spring

March 11

April 14

May 16

The Green Dragon: Writing the Boreal (Section One) 18

Does Nature Have Rights? Ethical Implications in Ecology 28

Summer

June 51

July 54

August 57

The Green Dragon: Writing the Boreal (Section Two) 60

Eating Other Bodies: Some Ethical Considerations 74

Fall

September 85

October 88

November 91

The Green Dragon: Writing the Boreal (Section Three) 93

Retelling the Story of Nature: How to Restore an Ethos 109

Winter

December 125

January 126

February 128

The Water Project 129

Questions Toward an Ethics of Violence 143

Second Spring

Forest Diary, Falcon Lake, Manitoba 159.

Notes:

Essays and poems.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781894987691

1894987691

OCLC:

830078398