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The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year
Nick Groom
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Description for The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year
Paperback. A wonderful, and timely, celebration of the passing seasons and their significance, past, present and future. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 518.
Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and runner-up for Countryfile Book of the Year. For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomised and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? In this splendidly rich and lyrical celebration of the English seasons, Nick Groom investigates the trove of strange folklore and often stranger fact they have accumulated over the centuries and shows how tradition and our links with nature ... Read more
Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and runner-up for Countryfile Book of the Year. For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomised and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? In this splendidly rich and lyrical celebration of the English seasons, Nick Groom investigates the trove of strange folklore and often stranger fact they have accumulated over the centuries and shows how tradition and our links with nature ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848871625
SKU
V9781848871625
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Ref
99-10
About Nick Groom
Nick Groom is an academic and writer. He is Professor in English at the University of Exeter and has written widely on literature, music, and contemporary art. He is the author of a dozen books and editions, including The Forger's Shadow (2002), The Union Jack (2006), and, most recently, The Gothic (2012). He lives on Dartmoor with his wife, two ... Read more
Reviews for The Seasons: A Celebration of the English Year
A heartfelt exploration of the connections between the seasons and England's traditions and folklore brims with fascinating revelations.
Readers Digest
Offers far more than trivia and contains details that demand to be shared.
Max Liu
Independent
Beguiling... Unexpectedly fascinating
Spectator
It's no exaggeration to say that this is a volume I have been ... Read more
Readers Digest
Offers far more than trivia and contains details that demand to be shared.
Max Liu
Independent
Beguiling... Unexpectedly fascinating
Spectator
It's no exaggeration to say that this is a volume I have been ... Read more