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Larrington Carolyne (Official Fellow And Tutor In Medieval English Literature. Professor Of Medieval European Literature University Of Oxford Uk)
Larrington Carolyne (Official Fellow And Tutor In Medieval English Literature. Professor Of Medieval European Literature University Of Oxford Uk) - The Land Of The Green Man A Journey Through The Supernatural Landscapes Of The British Isles -
Larrington Carolyne (Official Fellow And Tutor In Medieval English Literature. Professor Of Medieval European Literature University Of Oxford Uk) - The Land Of The Green Man A Journey Through The Supernatural Landscapes Of The British Isles -
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Description: Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist - drenched forests and unpredictable sea - frets: of wraith - like fog banks druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk half - unseen in the undergrowth tantalising and teasing just at the periphery of human vision. How have the remarkably persistent folkloric traditions of the British Isles formed and been formed by the identities and psyches of those who inhabit them? In her sparkling new history Carolyne Larrington explores the diverse ways in which a myriad of imaginary and fantastical beings has moulded the cultural history of the nation. Fairies elves and goblins here tread purposefully sometimes malignly over an eerie preternatural landscape that also conceals brownies selkies trows knockers boggarts land - wights Jack o Lanterns Barguests the sinister Nuckleavee or water - horse and even Black Shuck: terrifying hell - hound of the Norfolk coast with eyes of burning coal. Focusing on liminal points where the boundaries between this world and that of the supernatural grow thin those marginal tide - banks saltmarshes floodplains moors and rock - pools wherein mystery lies the author shows how mythologies of Mermen Green men and Wild - men have helped and continue to help human beings deal with such ubiquitous concerns as love and lust loss and death and continuity and change. Evoking the Wild Hunt the ghostly bells of Lyonesse and the dread fenlands haunted by Grendel and ranging the while from Shetland to Jersey and from Ireland to East Anglia this is a book that will captivate all those who long for the wild places: the mountains and chasms where Gog Magog and their fellow giants lie in wait."
Title: The Land Of The Green Man A Journey Through The Supernatural Landscapes Of The British Isles
Author(s): Larrington Carolyne (Official Fellow And Tutor In Medieval English Literature. Professor Of Medieval European Literature University Of Oxford Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350130258
Pages: 272 Pages, 1 Maps
Publication Date: 6/13/2019
Category: Local History
Description: Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist - drenched forests and unpredictable sea - frets: of wraith - like fog banks druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk half - unseen in the undergrowth tantalising and teasing just at the periphery of human vision. How have the remarkably persistent folkloric traditions of the British Isles formed and been formed by the identities and psyches of those who inhabit them? In her sparkling new history Carolyne Larrington explores the diverse ways in which a myriad of imaginary and fantastical beings has moulded the cultural history of the nation. Fairies elves and goblins here tread purposefully sometimes malignly over an eerie preternatural landscape that also conceals brownies selkies trows knockers boggarts land - wights Jack o Lanterns Barguests the sinister Nuckleavee or water - horse and even Black Shuck: terrifying hell - hound of the Norfolk coast with eyes of burning coal. Focusing on liminal points where the boundaries between this world and that of the supernatural grow thin those marginal tide - banks saltmarshes floodplains moors and rock - pools wherein mystery lies the author shows how mythologies of Mermen Green men and Wild - men have helped and continue to help human beings deal with such ubiquitous concerns as love and lust loss and death and continuity and change. Evoking the Wild Hunt the ghostly bells of Lyonesse and the dread fenlands haunted by Grendel and ranging the while from Shetland to Jersey and from Ireland to East Anglia this is a book that will captivate all those who long for the wild places: the mountains and chasms where Gog Magog and their fellow giants lie in wait."
Title: The Land Of The Green Man A Journey Through The Supernatural Landscapes Of The British Isles
Author(s): Larrington Carolyne (Official Fellow And Tutor In Medieval English Literature. Professor Of Medieval European Literature University Of Oxford Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350130258
Pages: 272 Pages, 1 Maps
Publication Date: 6/13/2019
Category: Local History