Next we have Dr Joan Ormrod with 'The magic of England's trees kills her sunlight, her water, life and stones': Nature, Fairies & National Identity in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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The setting is late 18th and early 19th C with an embargo on travel due to war with Europe, so British travel was often to the country. The two magicians represent the two sides, Norrell is the academic, Strange is instinctual and romantic
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British landscape and British fantasy is a strong theme in this series. The fact that Britain is an island, surrounded by water, and the landscape itself has been used many times, with previous usages still visible
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Trees are regarded with a malign influence by Norrell, he lives in Hurtview which was originally built by the Raven King, the memory of him in the fruits of the orchard on the grounds
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The Moss oak is a subsitiute for Arabella Strange, the oak planted in the peat, and Arabella is buried in the peat bog.
The idea of the inverted oak (linking to Sea-Henge Norfolk) as a link to enchantment, death and resurrection
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