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A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality. Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspired their own stories, myths, songs, poems, paintings, and spiritual meanings. Some have achieved status as religious, cultural, or national symbols. In this beautifully illustrated volume Fiona Stafford offers intimate, detailed explorations of seventeen common trees, from ash and apple to pine, oak, cypress, and willow. The author also pays homage to particular trees, such as the fabled Ankerwyke Yew, under which Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn, and the spectacular cherry trees of Washington, D.C. Stafford discusses practical uses of wood past and present, tree diseases and environmental threats, and trees' potential contributions toward slowing global climate change. Brimming with unusual topics and intriguing facts, this book celebrates trees and their long, long lives as our inspiring and beloved natural companions.
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English literature --- Thematology --- Einde van de wereld in de literatuur --- End of the world in literature --- Ethnologie dans la littérature --- Ethnology in literature --- Etnologie in de literatuur --- Extinction (Biologie) dans la littérature --- Extinction (Biology) in literature --- Fin du monde dans la littérature --- Indigenous peoples in literature --- Inheemse bevolking in de literatuur --- Myth in literature --- Mythe dans la littérature --- Mythe in de literatuur --- Overleving in de literatuur --- Populations indigènes dans la littérature --- Race dans la littérature --- Race in literature --- Ras in de literatuur --- Survie dans la littérature --- Survival in literature --- Uitsterven (Biologie) in de literatuur --- Fantasy literature [English ] --- History and criticism --- Fantasy literature [American ] --- Literature and anthropology --- Great Britain --- History --- United States --- Fantastic literature, American - History and criticism. --- Literature and anthropology - Great Britain - History. --- Literature and anthropology - United States - History. --- Extinction (Biology) in literature. --- Indigenous peoples in literature. --- Ethnology in literature.
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Celts in literature. --- English poetry --- Literary forgeries and mystifications --- Medievalism --- Middle Ages in literature. --- Mythology, Celtic, in literature. --- Celtic influences. --- History --- Macpherson, James, --- Ossian, --- In literature. --- Macpherson, James
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Macpherson, James, --- Ossian, --- Sources. --- Influence. --- Poetry --- Adaptations.
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Trees --- Trees --- Human-plant relationships. --- History. --- Symbolic aspects.
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Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of her extraordinary achievements? At a time when most women received so little formal education and none could obtain a place at university, how did Austen come to write novels that have commanded the attention of some of the most brilliant minds ever since? Why were hers the books that Darwin knew by heart and Churchill read during the Blitz? In this graceful introduction to the author’s life and works, Fiona Stafford offers a fresh and accessible perspective, discussing Austen’s six astonishing novels in the context of their time. Newly updated, Jane Austen: A Brief Life offers a rich and sympathetic insight into a writer who was just as much the Romantic genius as Keats, Shelley or Byron – full of youthful exuberance, intensely creative once she had found her individual voice, and dead before she reached middle age.
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