The Plot Line Bomber of Innisfree.

A theoretical introduction situates this poetical novella within the Prince George creative writing tradition using a topographical technique termed biblioecological mapping. Through an historical approach, this introduction also places the thesis within the context of scientific exploration, positioning the role of the poet as surveyor who maps artistic manifestations of landscape and seeks transformed relationships to the nonhuman domain. The creative component maps a hypothetical British Columbia and Alberta of the near future through allusive narrative, fictional journalism, and poetry. In this speculative geopolitical area called Enderbee, farmers engage in resistance against a proposed pipeline--what constitutes the defamiliarization of the current debate surrounding the Northern Gateway Project. On the biblioecological map, the creative component inhabits a zone where differing textual orientations come together, and the motif of explosion acts as a metaphor for upheaval in arts and society. --Leaf ii.