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CONTENTS

	INTRODUCTION		1

ONE	THE BACKGROUND		10
		The Land	10
		The Language	13
		Climate and Imagery	16

TWO	LIFE AND NATURE		22
		Earlier contact with Nature	22
		Intimate Life with Nature	26
		Nature and Folklore	34

THREE	POETIC CONVENTIONS		38
		Concept of Nature	38
		Nature and Man	42

FOUR	HISTORIAL AND ETHICAL INTERPRETATION		48
		History and Nature	48
		Ethics and Nature	51

FIVE	RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION		58
		Religion and Nature	58
		Superstition and Nature	69

SIX	THE FIVE-FOLD DIVISION		75
		The Five Regions	75
		Historical Origins of Five-Fold Division	86

SEVEN	THE REGIONAL LANDSCAPES		93
		The Mountains	93
		The Pasture-Lands	100
		The Littorals	108
		The Riverine Plains	111
		The Desert	115

EIGHT	NATURE POETRY COMPARED		122
		Sanskrit Poetry	122
		Greek and Latin Poetry	131
		English Poetry	136

	SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY		142

	INDEX		147