| Nearest Earthly Place to Paradise: The Literary Landscape of Shropshire Contributor(s): Taylor, Geoff (Photographer), Wilson, Margaret (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1906122520 ISBN-13: 9781906122522 Publisher: Merlin Unwin Books OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Landscapes - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.8" W x 10.4" (1.80 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shropshire has inspired many writers over the centuries: its bucolic rolling fields and orchards, its dramatic wild hills and moors, its ramshackle market towns, its patchwork of copses and hedgerows, its bleak and beautiful mountains. Extracts from Charles Dickens to Henry James, from Kathy Swift to AE Housman, from Bill Bryson to Pete Postlethwaite, are matched with stunning photographs by Shropshire's Geoffrey Taylor, who has captured the landscapes that drew out the words. Also featuring extracts from Samuel Johnson, Roger Evans, DH Lawrence, Henry Kingsley, Wilfred Owen, Mary Webb, John Milton, Simon Evans, Tom Sharpe, Edith Pargeter, Phil Rickman, John Masefield, John Betjeman, Ellis Peters and many more. |