
Wild : Tales from Early Medieval Britain from the Bestselling author of Storyland
by Amy Jeffs
Title:
Wild : Tales from Early Medieval Britain from the Bestselling author of Storyland
Author:
Amy Jeffs
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
240 pages
Publisher:
Hachette UK Distribution
ISBN-13:
9781529424263
EAN:
9781529424263
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
382
Dimensions (mm):
129 x 197 x 23
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
'Inspiring' Waterstones'Thrilling' Guardian'Marries words and images to create a special echo of this country's rich past' The Times In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys - on foot and through medieval texts - from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the reader an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world. From the Old English elegies to the englynion and immrama of the Celtic world these are stories that largely represent figures whose voices are not generally heard in the corpus of medieval literature: women, outcasts, animals.Illustrated with original wood engravings, evoking an atmospheric world of whales, wolves, caves, cuckoos and reeds, Wild: Tales From Early Medieval Britain will leave readers with a feeling of 'westendream': delight in the wilderness.Saints: Medieval Legends of Heroes Humans and Magic is now available!















