Screen LibraryLandmarks /
"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....
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| Published: |
Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | [London] : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"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 posts |
| Carrier Form: | x, 387 pages ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | The Wainwright Prize for best UK nature and travel writing, shortlist 2016. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-373) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780241146538 (hardback) : 0241146534 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | DA632 |
| CLC: | K956.19 |
| Call Number: | K956.19/M143-2 |