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In Pursuit of Spring
Edward Thomas
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Description for In Pursuit of Spring
Paperback. 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). .
In mid to late March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War which was to claim his life gathered, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills. The poet recorded his journey through his beloved South Country and his account was published as In Pursuit of Spring in 1914. Regarded as one of his most important prose works, it stands as an elegy for a world now lost. What is less well-known is that Thomas took with him a camera, and photographed much of what he saw, noting the locations on the back of ... Read more
In mid to late March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War which was to claim his life gathered, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills. The poet recorded his journey through his beloved South Country and his account was published as In Pursuit of Spring in 1914. Regarded as one of his most important prose works, it stands as an elegy for a world now lost. What is less well-known is that Thomas took with him a camera, and photographed much of what he saw, noting the locations on the back of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Nature Classics
Condition
New
Weight
356g
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908213433
SKU
V9781908213433
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Ref
99-16
About Edward Thomas
Edward Thomas (1878-1917) 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. Little Toller also published The South Country.Alexandra Harris is the author of Weatherland, Modernism on Sea, Virginia Woolf ... Read more
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