An Obsession With Butterflies Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect
by Russell, Sharman AptFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-04-28
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary
Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. She reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies and introduces us to the legendary collectors and dedicated scientists who have obsessively catalogued new species of Lepidoptera. A luminous journey through an exotic world of passion and strange beauty, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who has ever experienced the enchantment of butterflies.
Author Biography
Sharman Apt Russell is the author of several books, including Hunger and Songs of the Fluteplayer, which won the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award. She has written for publications including Discover and Nature Conservancy, and currently contributes to OnEarth, the magazine for the National Resource Defense Council. Russell teaches creative writing at Western New Mexico University and at Antioch University in Los Angeles, California. She lives in Silver City, New Mexico.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ix | ||
| A Note on Names | xiii | ||
| ONE Obsession with Butterflies | 1 | (16) | |
| TWO Tough Love | 17 | (14) | |
| THREE You Need a Friend | 31 | (10) | |
| FOUR Metamorphosis | 41 | (14) | |
| FIVE Butterfly Brains | 55 | (12) | |
| SIX Butterfly Matisse | 67 | (12) | |
| SEVEN Love Stories | 79 | (16) | |
| EIGHT The Single Mom | 95 | (8) | |
| NINE On the Move | 103 | (16) | |
| TEN In the Land of Butterflies | 119 | (18) | |
| ELEVEN The Natural History Museum | 137 | (20) | |
| TWELVE Not a Butterfly | 157 | (10) | |
| THIRTEEN Timeline | 167 | (14) | |
| FOURTEEN The Business of Butterflies | 181 | (22) | |
| FIFTEEN Air and Angels | 203 | (6) | |
| Selected Bibliography and Notes | 209 | (20) | |
| Index | 229 |
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