Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain

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New Hardback  From the Old English elegies to the englynion and immrama of the Celtic world - stories that largely represent figures whose voices are not generally heard in the corpus of medieval literature: women, outcasts, animals. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. Illustrated with original wood engravings, evoking an atmospheric world of whales, wolves, caves, cuckoos and reeds, Wild: Tales From Early Medieval Britain will leave readers feeling 'westendream': delight in the wilderness. In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys - on foot and through medieval texts - from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the reader an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. 71 Balham High Road, Balham, SW12 9AP Mon: closedTue: 10am-6pmWed: 10am-6pmThu: 10am-9pmFri: 10am-9pmSat: 10am-6pm They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world.