03414nam 2200673 a 450 991045951880332120200520144314.01-282-64631-197866126463170-226-31805-210.7208/9780226318059(CKB)2670000000029710(EBL)547705(OCoLC)646068359(SSID)ssj0000417949(PQKBManifestationID)12123671(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417949(PQKBWorkID)10371048(PQKB)11097205(SSID)ssj0000436682(PQKBManifestationID)12182097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436682(PQKBWorkID)10428410(PQKB)11206388(MiAaPQ)EBC547705(DE-B1597)523295(OCoLC)1135590584(DE-B1597)9780226318059(Au-PeEL)EBL547705(CaPaEBR)ebr10395653(CaONFJC)MIL264631(EXLCZ)99267000000002971019910808d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrForests[electronic resource] the shadow of civilization /Robert Pogue HarrisonChicago University of Chicago Pressc19921 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-31806-0 0-226-31807-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. FIRST THE FORESTS -- 2. SHADOWS OF LAW -- 3. ENLIGHTENMENT -- 4. FORESTS OF NOSTALGIA -- 5. DWELLING -- EPILOGUE: THE ECOLOGY OF FINITUDE -- Notes and Bibliography -- Works Cited -- Index -- Illustration CreditsIn this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently insightful and beautifully written, this work is especially compelling at a time when the forest, as a source of wonder, respect, and meaning, disappears daily from the earth. "Forests is one of the most remarkable essays on the human place in nature I have ever read, and belongs on the small shelf that includes Raymond Williams' masterpiece, The Country and the City. Elegantly conceived, beautifully written, and powerfully argued, [Forests] is a model of scholarship at its passionate best. No one who cares about cultural history, about the human place in nature, or about the future of our earthly home, should miss it.-William Cronon, Yale Review "Forests is, among other things, a work of scholarship, and one of immense value . . . one that we have needed. It can be read and reread, added to and commented on for some time to come."-John Haines, The New York Times Book ReviewForests in literatureElectronic books.Forests in literature.809/.9336Harrison Robert Pogue468238MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459518803321Forests36027UNINA