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Gossip from the Forest : The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales by Sara Maitland (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Gossip from the Forest : The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales, Paperback by Maitland, Sara, ISBN 1847084303, ISBN-13 9781847084309, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and surprising connections between the two, by the author of the bestselling A Book Of Silence
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGranta Books
ISBN-101847084303
ISBN-139781847084309
eBay Product ID (ePID)11038489577
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGossip from the Forest : the Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairy Tales
Publication Year2013
SubjectEcosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorSara Maitland
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Nature, Social Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal398.26
SynopsisA magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and surprising connections between the two, by the author of the bestselling A Book Of Silence, A magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and surprising connections between the two, by the author of the bestselling A Book Of Silence ., Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts and perils of the forests were both the background and the source of the fairytales made famous by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen. Yet both forests and fairy stories are at risk and their loss deprives us of our cultural lifeblood. Maitland visits forests through the seasons, from the exquisite green of a beechwood in spring, to the muffled stillness of a snowy pine wood in winter. She camps with her son Adam, whose beautiful photographs are included in the book; she takes a barefoot walk through Epping Forest with Robert Macfarlane; she walks with a mushroom expert through an oak wood, and with a miner through the Forest of Dean. Maitland ends each chapter with a unique, imaginitive re-telling of a fairytale. Written with Maitland's wonderful clarity and conversational grace, Gossip from the Forest is a magical and unique blend of nature writing, history and imaginative fiction., A magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and surprising connections between the two, by the author of the bestselling A Book Of Silence . Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us -we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts and perils of the forests were both the background and the source of the fairytales made famous by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen. Yet both forests and fairy stories are at risk and their loss deprives us of our cultural lifeblood. Maitland visits forests through the seasons, from the exquisite green of a beechwood in spring, to the muffled stillness of a snowy pine wood in winter. She camps with her son Adam, whose beautiful photographs are included in the book; she takes a barefoot walk through Epping Forest with Robert Macfarlane; she walks with a mushroom expert through an oak wood, and with a miner through the Forest of Dean. Maitland ends each chapter with a unique, imaginitive re-telling of a fairytale. Written with Maitland's wonderful clarity and conversational grace, Gossip from the Forest is a magical and unique blend of nature writing, history and imaginative fiction.
LC Classification NumberGR550
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