Bibliograph

Landmarks, Robert Macfarlane ; interior wood engravings by Jonathan Gibbs

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Label

Landmarks, Robert Macfarlane ; interior wood engravings by Jonathan Gibbs

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Landmarks

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

950962522

Responsibility statement

Robert Macfarlane ; interior wood engravings by Jonathan Gibbs

Summary

"Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J.A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it."--Publisher's website

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