Landmarks /
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-
Landmarks / Robert Macfarlane. - x, 387 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-373) and index.
"In this, his fifth book, Macfarlane brilliantly explores the linguistic and literary terrain of our archipelago, from the Shetlands to Cornwall, and from Cumbria to Suffolk. Landmarks is a book about the power of language - 'strong style, single words' - to shape our sense of place. It is both a field guide to the literature he loves (Nan Shepherd, Roger Deakin and many more), and a 'word-hoard', gathering an astonishing archive of place-terms from old Norse to Anglo-Romani, living Norman to Hebridean Gaelic. Over the book's course, via its chapters, its glossaries and surprise of its postscript - we come to mrealize that words, well used, are not just a means to describe landscape, but also a way to know it, and to love it. If we lose the rich vernacular lexis of these islands, developed over centuries, then we also risk impoverishing our relationship with nature and place"--Dust jacket flap.
9780241146538 0241146534
2015375152
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- --Travel.
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- --Books and reading.
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-
Geography in literature.
English language--Variation.
British Isles--Description and travel.
DA632 / .M3245 2015
Landmarks / Robert Macfarlane. - x, 387 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-373) and index.
"In this, his fifth book, Macfarlane brilliantly explores the linguistic and literary terrain of our archipelago, from the Shetlands to Cornwall, and from Cumbria to Suffolk. Landmarks is a book about the power of language - 'strong style, single words' - to shape our sense of place. It is both a field guide to the literature he loves (Nan Shepherd, Roger Deakin and many more), and a 'word-hoard', gathering an astonishing archive of place-terms from old Norse to Anglo-Romani, living Norman to Hebridean Gaelic. Over the book's course, via its chapters, its glossaries and surprise of its postscript - we come to mrealize that words, well used, are not just a means to describe landscape, but also a way to know it, and to love it. If we lose the rich vernacular lexis of these islands, developed over centuries, then we also risk impoverishing our relationship with nature and place"--Dust jacket flap.
9780241146538 0241146534
2015375152
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- --Travel.
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- --Books and reading.
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-
Geography in literature.
English language--Variation.
British Isles--Description and travel.
DA632 / .M3245 2015