03567nam 22006735 450 991016393660332120241029182551.00-520-96731-310.1525/9780520967311(PPN)258098236(CKB)3710000001051638(MiAaPQ)EBC4801201(StDuBDS)EDZ0001740211(DE-B1597)521167(OCoLC)972092411(DE-B1597)9780520967311(EXLCZ)99371000000105163820190920d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThoreau and the Language of Trees /Richard HigginsBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (245 pages) illustrations, photographsPreviously issued in print: 2017.0-520-29404-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Foreword /Richardson, Robert D. --A Note on Sources --Introduction: Speaking the Language of Trees --1. AN EYE FOR TREES --2. A HEART FOR TREES --3. A POET'S TREES --4. A MIND FOR TREES --5. A SOUL FOR TREES --6. MY EMBLEM, THE PINE --7. KNIGHTING ELMS --8. A KINGDOM OF PRIMITIVE OAKS --9. TRANSFORMED BY SNOW --10. IN A BARQUE OF BARK --Acknowledgments --Notes --Bibliography --List of Thoreau Excerpts --Illustration Credits --IndexTrees were central to Henry David Thoreau's creativity as a writer, his work as a naturalist, his thought, and his inner life. His portraits of them were so perfect, it was as if he could see the sap flowing beneath their bark. When Thoreau wrote that the poet loves the pine tree as his own shadow in the air, he was speaking about himself. In short, he spoke their language. In this original book, Richard Higgins explores Thoreau's deep connections to trees: his keen perception of them, the joy they gave him, the poetry he saw in them, his philosophical view of them, and how they fed his soul. His lively essays show that trees were a thread connecting all parts of Thoreau's being-heart, mind, and spirit. Included are one hundred excerpts from Thoreau's writings about trees, paired with over sixty of the author's photographs. Thoreau's words are as vivid now as they were in 1890, when an English naturalist wrote that he was unusually able to "to preserve the flashing forest colors in unfading light." Thoreau and the Language of Trees shows that Thoreau, with uncanny foresight, believed trees were essential to the preservation of the world.Trees in literatureanthology.connection to trees.english naturalist.essay collection.essential ecosystem.hiker.hiking.lively essay.natural science appreciation.natural science.nature appreciation.nature.philosopher.philosophy.portrait of a tree.Trees in literature.818/.309HT 6715rvkHiggins Richard1216509Richardson Robert D.1934-DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910163936603321Thoreau and the Language of Trees2812557UNINA