Ornithologies of Desire: Ecocritical Essays, Avian Poetics, and Don McKay

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Ornithologies of Desire Ornithologies of Desire Ecocritical Essays, Avian Poetics, and Don McKay Travis V. Mason This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Mason, Travis V., 1977– Ornithologies of desire : ecocritical essays, avian poetics, and Don McKay / Travis V. Mason. (Environmental humanities series) Includes bibliographical references. Issued also in electronic formats. ISBN 978-1-55458-630-1 1. McKay, Don, 1942– —Criticism and interpretation. 2. Birds in literature. 3. Ecology in literature. 4. Ecocriticism. I. Title. II. Series: Environmental humanities series PS8575.K28Z87 2013 C811’.54 C2012-907174-9 ——— Electronic monographs. Issued also in print format. ISBN 978-1-55458-647-9 (PDF)—ISBN 987-1-55458-371-3 (EPUB) 1. McKay, Don, 1942– —Criticism and interpretation. 2. Birds in literature. 3. Ecology in literature. 4. Ecocriticism. I. Title. II. Series: Environmental humanities series (Online) PS8575.K28Z87 2013 C811’.54 C2012-907175-7© 2013 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada www.wlupress.wlu.ca Cover design by Blakeley Words+Pictures. Cover image: The Goldfinch, a painting in oil on panel by Carel Fabritius (1622–1654), courtesy of the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands . Text design by Angela Booth Malleau. Excerpts from the poetry of Don McKay reprinted with permission of McClelland & Stewart and the author. Excerpts from Mean (1999), by Ken Babstock, reprinted by permission of House of Anansi Press. Excerpt from “Bird Landing,” by W. H. New, from Riverbook and Ocean (2002), reprinted by permission of Oolichan Press. Excerpt from Pigeon (2009), by Karen Solie, reprinted by permission of House of Anansi Press. Excerpts from “Understory” and “The Tide,” both from Habitat (2005), by Sue Wheeler, reprinted by permission of Brick Books. This book is printed on FSC recycled paper and is certified Ecologo. It is made from 100% postconsumer fibre, processed chlorine free, and manufactured using biogas energy. Printed in Canada Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher ’s attention will be corrected in future printings. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or trans-mitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit http:// www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. ...