At the Bright Hem of God

Radnorshire Pastoral

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Radnorshire, a county rural and remote. The lives of its sparse population continue to be shaped by the wild landscape of valleys and mountains in ways that for Britain now lie in the past. Yet down the centuries Radnorshire has fascinated and inspired, as a place of contemplation, exploration, creation and retreat. In At the Bright Hem of God Peter J. Conradi examines both his own relationship with the place and responses to it by writers from Gerald of Wales,who passed through in 1176, to the present day. On the way he takes in fifteenth century court poets; the metaphysicals Herbert, Vaughan and Traherne; the Romantic poets and Rousseau (who almost lived there and whose ideas did); diarist Francis Kilvert and his editor William Plomer; artist Eric Gill and poet David Jones; Bruce Chatwin, whose On the Black Hill is the most famous Radnorshire novel; and poets R.S.Thomas, Roland Mathias and Ruth Bidgood, the county's current remembrancer. The result is an astonishing account,a trip across landscapes and borders - physical, emotional and intellectual - the culmination of over forty years of visiting and living there. Conradi's perceptive narrative is complemented by superb ink drawings by the Radnorshire artist Simon Dorrell to produce a beautiful book, a love letter to a place still hidden from most of the country.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-06-08
Mått137 x 214 x 20 mm
Vikt425 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
FörlagPoetry Wales Press
ISBN9781854114907

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At the Bright Hem of God is a scholarly, lyrical, autobiographical guide to the March. Conradi is witty, dreamy and gossipy in turn.' Ronald Blythe, TLS 'Completed by Simon Dorrell's exquisite pen-and-ink miniatures, it is the perfect primer to this quiet stretch of Wales.' - The Independent Vibrant and very charming - his love for the place shines out." - Rose Tremain 'Imbued with the author's intimate knowledge and love of the Welsh Border country Conradi's new book is rich in insights, surprises and delights.' - James Roose Evans [At the Bright Hem of God] is extraordinarily rich in narrative and scope of reference, and often poetic in its evocation of this loneliest of rural places, a landscape of 'golden silences'. Wandering smoothly and beguilingly among topics, personalities and historical periods, startling with little known facts, both celebration and elegy, it is a lovely book.A" PN Review 190 "elegantly writtenA" New Welsh Review poets and writers who were born here [in Radnorshire], sojourned here, or just dreamed of visiting, Conradi weaves them all into Radnorshire's warp to create a stunning tapestry, injecting familiar names with fresh insights. [ - ] Conradi's Radnorshire enables a thrilling glimpse of [ - ] eternityA" Church Times

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