In Pursuit of Spring

Edward Thomas

ISBN 10: 1908213434 / ISBN 13: 9781908213433

Published by Little Toller Books, 2016

About this Item

In mid to late March 1913 Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills. The poet recorded his journey; In Pursuit of Spring was published in 1914. One of his most important works, it stands as an elegy for a lost world. Thomas photographed much of what he saw. The prints are now published for the very first time. Series: Nature Classics. Num Pages: Photographs included taken by Edward Thomas. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 3JJC; BM; DN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). . . 2016. New edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781908213433

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Pursuit of Spring
• Publisher: Little Toller Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908213434
• ISBN 13: 9781908213433
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

In March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War gathered, the great poet, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills in Somerset. This is the story of that journey. With an introduction by Alexandra Harris, the acclaimed author of Weatherland.

About the Author

Edward Thomas was an important poet, essayist and novelist. Possibly best known for his poem Adlestrop, he is now regarded as a pre-eminent figure in rural and landscape writing. He was killed at the Battle of Arras, where he is buried.

Alexandra Harris is the author of Weatherland, Modernism at Sea, Virginia Woolf and Romantic Moderns., which won the Guardian First Book Award. She recently presented a Radio 4 series on Virginia Woolf's walks. She lectures at Liverpool University.