{"product_id":"forests-the-shadow-of-civilization-9780226318073","title":"Forests: The Shadow of Civilization","description":"In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently insightful and beautifully written, this work is especially compelling at a time when the forest, as a source of wonder, respect, and meaning, disappears daily from the earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eForests\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most remarkable essays on the human place in nature I have ever read, and belongs on the small shelf that includes Raymond Williams' masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Country and the City\u003c\/i\u003e. Elegantly conceived, beautifully written, and powerfully argued, [\u003ci\u003eForests\u003c\/i\u003e] is a model of scholarship at its passionate best. No one who cares about cultural history, about the human place in nature, or about the future of our earthly home, should miss it.-William Cronon, \u003ci\u003eYale Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eForests\u003c\/i\u003e is, among other things, a work of scholarship, and one of immense value . . . one that we have needed. It can be read and reread, added to and commented on for some time to come.\"-John Haines, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrison, Robert Pogue:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobert Pogue Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is the Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature and chairs the Department of French and Italian at Stanford University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body of Beatrice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForests: The Shadow of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dominion of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGardens: An Essay on the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJuvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter three published by the University of Chicago Press. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also host of the radio program \u003ci\u003eEntitled Opinions\u003c\/i\u003e on Stanford's station KZSU 90.1.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460057829650,"sku":"9780226318073","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_804d9e9a-696a-4bfc-8067-d7fce09d6ca6.jpg?v=1730024373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/forests-the-shadow-of-civilization-9780226318073","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}