In Pursuit of Spring

Edward Thomas

ISBN 10: 1908213434 / ISBN 13: 9781908213433

Published by Little Toller Books, 2016

About this Item

In Pursuit of Spring | Edward Thomas | Taschenbuch | Nature Classics | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2016 | Little Toller Books | EAN 9781908213433 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Pursuit of Spring
• Publisher: Little Toller Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908213434
• ISBN 13: 9781908213433
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 218W x 156H x 27D millimeters 218 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 340 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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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.