England, Evelyn, and the maritime symbolism of English oak trees, woods and forests /
ascribe to English oak trees and woodlands such concepts as
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | ascribe to English oak trees and woodlands such concepts as both obscuring and revealing England's quest for global crystalized the symbolism of English oak trees and woodlands, cultural significance of trees and woodlands has long been During the lnterregnum the English government began to either ignored the association of English oak with naval England's forest and foreign policies as well. Although the Evelyn, not only to encourage landowners to plant English oak geography are disregarded. hegemony. Over the course of the eighteenth and early increase the explanatory power of historical-cultural naval power and national prosperity. The publication and nineteenth centuries, the literate community drew upon the on their estates for naval purposes, but to influence power, dealt with it superficially, or treated it as a static recognized, most geographies of early modern England have subsequent popularity of John Evelyn's Sylva... (1 664) symbolic form. However, by neglecting the process through symbolic meaning of oak trees and woodlands popularized by which an organic society ascribed symbolic meaning to its wooded landscapes, important issues that may otherwise |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Geography". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 239 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |