What is it about?
The subtitle of this article really does explain its content, as it explores how the environment itself speaks to contemporary Ontarian poets. Reacting against the rationalistic dualisms of modernity, contemporary nature-writing provides a space for a relationship of interconnectedness with nature to be played out, as poetic attention is rewarded by the realization that the natural world speaks itself.
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Why is it important?
Christians believe that “[t]he heavens declare the glory of God” (Ps. 19.1) and that “in Christ all things were created [and] hold together” (Col. 1.16, 17) -- but for those from other religious traditions or none, the creation also has a voice: what it declares is wonderful and awe-inspiring. And contemporary poets help us as readers to hear this voice.
Perspectives
To read contemporary Canadian poetry is to be struck by a new awareness of what the natural world has to say. Learning from Indigenous neighbours is key here, too.
Dr Deborah C. Bowen
Redeemer University College
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This page is a summary of: Listening to the Voice of Creation: How Contemporary Ontarian Creative Writers Hear the Natural World, Christianity & Literature, June 2020, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/chy.2020.0035.
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