Divine Landscapes [Paperback]

Ronald Blythe (Author), Edwin Smith (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2000

The novelist and poet takes us on a tour of Britain's literary heritage and spiritual ancestry.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Blythe, author of Akenfield (1969), presents a series of meditations on sites associated with English mystical writers and visionary poets. He demonstrates how landscapes known intimately by such luminaries as William Langland, George Herbert, and John Bunyan inform their religious outlooks. Blythe begins with a somber chapter on the meaning of Tyburn in the English religious experience and ends by considering how English hymns reflect the landscape. The image of the parish priest carrying on his duties through centuries of English history binds the chapters together, and Smith's sensitive photographs reveal how much of the past a determined explorer can still recover. Recommended for collections specializing in English literature, Christian devotional works, and guidebooks to Britain. Barbara J. Dunlap, City Coll. Lib., CUNY
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Review

*'A beautifully illustrated and immensely informative spiritual travel book, a volume to buy and cherish' Daily Telegraph * 'Outstanding...memorable...quite splendid' Catholic Herald *A book with equal appeal in the general and the religious book trade --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853111945
• ISBN-13: 978-1853111945
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,384,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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