selfhood and the imagination meet the transformative power of the occult

Neither strictly chronological

powerful work that laid the literary foundations for nature-as-memoir

confronting the Corryvreckan whirlpool in the Hebrides

requiring dedicated spaces at impossible scales

The Botanical City - Jovis Edition Paul Gilroy selfhood and the imagination meetRoadside "weeds" and other routinely overlooked aspects to urban nature provide a fascinating glimpse into complex global ecologies and new cultures of nature emerging across the world. This unique collection of essays explores the botanical dimensions of urban space, ranging from scientific efforts to understand the distinctive dynamics of urban flora to the way spontaneous vegetation has inspired artists and writers. The book comprises five thematic