LEADER 03620nam 2200601 450 001 9910787248703321 005 20230803210226.0 010 $a1-78320-251-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000283116 035 $a(EBL)1840925 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001407589 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11901062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001407589 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11410148 035 $a(PQKB)10393297 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1840925 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10986778 035 $a(OCoLC)896796391 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1840925 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000283116 100 $a20141126d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCanadian wetlands $eplaces and people /$fby Rod Giblett 210 1$aBristol, United Kingdom :$cIntellect,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 1 $aCultural studies of natures, landscapes and environments 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78320-176-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Canadian wetlands culture: Past and present; Notes; Chapter 2: Wetlands in anglophone pioneer settler literature and nature writing of the Canadian canon; Notes; Chapter 3: 'In the Acadian land' of Evangeline: The marshlands of Grand Pre?, the wetlands of the Bay of Fundy and Longfellow's literary legacy; Acadian Grand Pre?; Longfellow's Evangeline; Present pressures and future prospects; Chapter 4: 'The marsh lies rich and wanton': The Tantramar Marshes, Charles G. D. Roberts and Douglas Lochhead 327 $aCharles G. D. RobertsDouglas Lochhead; Present pressures and future prospects; Notes; Chapter 5: 'Noisome marsh' and 'incurable marshes': Wainfleet Bog, Point Pelee Marshes and the falls on the Niagara Peninsula; Note; Chapter 6: 'A swampy flat': Vancouver and the wetlands of the Fraser River delta; Chapter 7: A city 'set in malarial lakeside swamps': Toronto and Ashbridge's Bay Marsh; Marshy and military beginnings; Sublime city in a swampy wilderness and in a melancholy marsh; Disease and health; Waterbird habitat and uncanny place; Marshlands as liminal space; Mourning and reclamation 327 $aMapping the marsh and the metropolisChapter 8: 'Land and water disputed empire': Holland Marsh, John Muir and Henry David Thoreau; Note; Chapter 9: 'Quaking morass': The marshes of Manitoba, Frederick Philip Grove and Aldo Leopold; Chapter 10: 'Smelling the Old Marsh, I knew I was home': Harry Thurston's marshes of Nova Scotia and the future of Canadian wetlands culture; References; Index; BackCover 330 $aIn Canadian Wetlands, Rod Giblett reads the Canadian canon againstthe grain, critiquing popular representations of wetlands and proposingalternatives by highlighting the work of recent and contemporaryCanadian authors, such as Douglas Lochhead and Harry Thurston, andby entering into dialogue with American writers. 410 0$aCultural studies of natures, landscapes and environments. 606 $aWetlands$zCanada 606 $aWetland ecology$zCanada 606 $aCulture 615 0$aWetlands 615 0$aWetland ecology 615 0$aCulture. 676 $a333.9180971 700 $aGiblett$b Rodney James$0891262 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787248703321 996 $aCanadian wetlands$93684454 997 $aUNINA