Versed in Living Nature

Wordsworth's Trees

Versed in Living Nature
Peter Dale, Brandon C Yen
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Hardback
h235 x 165mm - 256pg
12 Sep 2022 UK
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9781789146448
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This is the first book to address William Wordsworth' s profound identification of the spirit of nature in trees. It looks at what trees meant to him, and how he represented them in his poetry and prose: the symbolic charm of blasted trees, a hawthorn at the heart of Irish folk belief, great oaks that embodied naval strength, yews that tell us about both longevity and the brevity of human life. Linking poetry and literary history with ecology, Versed in Living Nature explores intricate patterns of personal and local connections that enabled trees - as living things, cultural topics, horticultural objects and even commodities - to be imagined, theorized, discussed and exchanged. In this book, the literary past becomes the urgent present.
"This book makes a major contribution to our understandings of the social and cultural history of trees and their deep importance for Wordsworth. "--Charles Watkins, professor of rural geography, University of Nottingham
Peter Dale lives in Essex. His previous books include The Irish Garden: A Cultural History. Brandon C. Yen divides his time between the United Kingdom and Taiwan. He is the author of "The Excursion" and Wordsworth' s Iconography.
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ISBN-13: 9781789146448
Published: 12 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 165mm
Pages: 256

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