LEADER 03567nam 22006735 450 001 9910163936603321 005 20241029182551.0 010 $a0-520-96731-3 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520967311 035 $a(PPN)258098236 035 $a(CKB)3710000001051638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4801201 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001740211 035 $a(DE-B1597)521167 035 $a(OCoLC)972092411 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520967311 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001051638 100 $a20190920d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aThoreau and the Language of Trees /$fRichard Higgins 210 1$aBerkeley, CA :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (245 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a0-520-29404-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tForeword /$rRichardson, Robert D. --$tA Note on Sources --$tIntroduction: Speaking the Language of Trees --$t1. AN EYE FOR TREES --$t2. A HEART FOR TREES --$t3. A POET'S TREES --$t4. A MIND FOR TREES --$t5. A SOUL FOR TREES --$t6. MY EMBLEM, THE PINE --$t7. KNIGHTING ELMS --$t8. A KINGDOM OF PRIMITIVE OAKS --$t9. TRANSFORMED BY SNOW --$t10. IN A BARQUE OF BARK --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tList of Thoreau Excerpts --$tIllustration Credits --$tIndex 330 $aTrees 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. 606 $aTrees in literature 610 $aanthology. 610 $aconnection to trees. 610 $aenglish naturalist. 610 $aessay collection. 610 $aessential ecosystem. 610 $ahiker. 610 $ahiking. 610 $alively essay. 610 $anatural science appreciation. 610 $anatural science. 610 $anature appreciation. 610 $anature. 610 $aphilosopher. 610 $aphilosophy. 610 $aportrait of a tree. 615 0$aTrees in literature. 676 $a818/.309 686 $aHT 6715$2rvk 700 $aHiggins$b Richard$01216509 702 $aRichardson$b Robert D.$f1934- 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163936603321 996 $aThoreau and the Language of Trees$92812557 997 $aUNINA