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In 1985 Boria Sax inherited an area of forest in New York State that had been purchased by his Russian, Jewish Communist grandparents as a buffer against what they felt was a hostile world. For Sax, in the years following, the woodland came to represent a link with those who lived and had lived there, including Native Americans, settlers, bears, deer, turtles and migrating birds.
In this personal and eloquent account, Sax explores the meanings and cultural history of forests from prehistory to the present, taking in Gilgamesh, Virgil, Dante, the Gawain poet, medieval alchemists, the Brothers Grimm, the Hudson River painters, Latin American folklore, contemporary African novelists and much more. Combining lyricism with contemporary scholarship, Sax opens new emotional, intellectual and environmental perspectives on the storied history of the forest.
Contents
Introduction: Forests and Memory
1 Wood and Leaves
2 The World Tree
3 Mythic Beings
4 Conquest of the Woods
5 The Royal Hunt
6 The Forest and Death
7 Lord of the Forest
8 Lady of the Forest
9 The Classical, Rococo and Gothic Woods
10 The Primeval Forest
11 The Forest of Dreams
12 The Law of the Jungle
13 The Man with the Big Axe
14 The Politics of Trees
15 The River in the Forest
Epilogue
Timeline of Forests in Culture
References
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
