Jane Costlow, Heart‑Pine Russia, Walking and Writing the Nineteenth‑Century Forest

It is an interesting thing about a forest that one can never really see it whole. From a distance a forest appears as a wall of trees. On the inside it forms a series of limited spaces, each one separate from the next. To get to know a forest well requires time and effort, a spirit of adventure, and a willingness to pursue the unknown. Jane Costlow’s study of the forest in nineteenth‑century Russian culture takes us on a slow, wide‑ranging and surprising journey into the Russian woods. It rem...