Trees in Nineteenth-Century English Fiction - 9780367369040

Taylor & Francis

Trees in Nineteenth-Century English FictionThe Silvicultural Novel\nAuthor(s): Anna Burton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367369040, 978-0367369040\nSynopsis\nThis is a book about a longstanding network of writers and writings that celebrate the aesthetic, socio-political, scientific, ecological, geographical, and historical value of trees and tree spaces in the landscape; and it is a study of the effect of this tree-writing upon the novel form in the long nineteenth century.\n\nTrees in Nineteenth-Century English Fiction: The Silvicultural Novel identifies the picturesque thinker William Gilpin as a significant influence in this literary and environmental tradition. Remarks on Forest Scenery [tel] is formed by Gilpins own observations of trees, forests, and his New Forest home specifically; but it is also the product of tree-stories collected from travellers and historians that came before him. This study trac.