The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography - Softcover

Jefferies, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0957656645 ISBN 13: 9780957656642

Publisher: Winter Oak Press, 2015

Synopsis

“Having drunk deeply of the heaven above and felt the most glorious beauty of the day, and remembering the old, old, sea, which (as it seemed to me) was but just yonder at the edge, I now became lost, and absorbed into the being or existence of the universe. I felt down deep into the earth under, and high above into the sky, and farther still to the sun and stars. Still farther beyond the stars into the hollow of space, and losing thus my separateness of being came to seem like a part of the whole”. Richard Jefferies’ masterpiece of prose-poetry expresses his sublime yearning not just for connection with nature but for spiritual transcendence. This new Winter Oak edition includes a preface by writer Paul Cudenec exploring the significance of Jefferies’ writing against a backdrop of disillusionment with industrial civilization and a cultural urge for the regeneration of human society.

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About the Author

Jeremy Hooker is well known as a poet and critic who has made a special contribution to the 'poetry of place'. He is the author of ten collections of poetry, and his critical writings include Writers in a Landscape (University of Wales Press, 1996). He is Professor of English Literature at the University of Glamorgan. A lifelong reader of Jefferies, he is President of the Richard Jefferies Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Winter Oak Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0957656645
• ISBN 13: 9780957656642
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166