{"product_id":"better-nature-fenn-stewart-9781771663380","title":"Better Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuch of the language that makes up \u003ci\u003eBetter Nature\u003c\/i\u003e--the first book-length poetry collection by writer and academic Fenn Stewart--is drawn from a diary that Walt Whitman wrote while travelling through Canada at the end of the nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut rather than waxing poetic about the untouched Great White North, Stewart inlays found materials (early settler archives, news stories, email spam, fundraising for environmental NGOs, and more) to present a unique view of Canada's \"pioneering\" attitude towards \"wilderness\"--one that considers deeper issues of the settler appropriation of Indigenous lands, the notion of terra nullius, and the strategies and techniques used to produce a \"better nature\" (that is, one that better serves the nation). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fenn Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771663383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771663380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.30d","brand":"Fenn Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097067495679,"sku":"9781771663380","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/better-nature-fenn-stewart-9781771663380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}