Physical Description
xi, 652 p., [37] p. of plates (some folded) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm
Contents
pt. 1. Wood: Prologue: The detour ; ch. 1. In the relam of the Lithuanian bison: The royal beats of Baiłowieża. Dt The last foray. Mortality, immortality ; ch. 2. Der Holzweg : the track through the woods: The hunt for Germania. Blood in the forest. Arminius Redivivus ; Waldsterleben ; ch. 3. The liberties of the greenwwod: Green men. living in the woods : laws and outlaws. Hearts of oak and bulwarks of liberty? The pillars of Gaul. In extremis ; ch. 4. The verdant cross: Grizzlies. Vegetable resurrection. Pathfinders. The verdant cross. Rabernacles. Volvos at the sepulchre
pt. 2. Water: ch. 5. Streams of consciousness: The flow of myth. Circulation : arteries and mysteries. Holy confluences. Fons sapientiae. Nile brought to Tiber. Bernini and the four rivers ; ch. 6. Bloodstreams: Sir Walter Ralegh loses his drift. The man in the brown paper boat. Power lines. The political theory of whitebait. Bodies of water. The waters of Isis : the Thames and the Nile
pt. 3. Rock: ch. 7. Dinocrates and the shaman : altitude, beatitude, magnitude: The woman on Mount Rushmore. Donocrates and the shaman. Elevations. Exorcising Pilate. Calvaries of convenience. The last Sacro Monte? ; ch. 8. Vertical empires, cerebral chasms: Delightful horror. Vertical empires, cerebral chasms. The seat of virtue. Conquests. Albert the Great. Prospects of salvation
pt. 4. Wood, water, rock: ch. 9. Arcadia redesigned: Et in Arcadia ego. Primitives and pastorals. Rudeness and confusion. An Arcadia for the people : the Forest of Fontainebleau. Arcadia under glass. The wild, hairy huckleberry.
ISBN
0679735127
9780679735120
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-621) and index.
