Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick - Rilegato

Uglow, Jenny

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ISBN 10: 0374112363 ISBN 13: 9780374112363

Casa editrice: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007

Riassunto

At the end of the eighteenth century, Britain, and much of the Western world, fell in love with nature. Thomas Bewick’s History of British Birds marked the moment, the first “field guide” for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. But his work was far more than a mere guide,
for in the vivid vignettes scattered through the book, Bewick captured the vanishing world of rural English life. In this superb biography, Jenny Uglow tells the story of the farmer’s son from Tyneside who influenced book illustration for a century to come. It is a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life, and the beauty of the wild—a journey to the beginning of our lasting obsession with the natural world.

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L'autore:

Jenny Uglow is an editor at Chatto & Windus and lives in Canterbury, England. Her previous books includeA Little History of British Gardening (FSG, 2004); The Lunar Men (FSG, 2002), winner of the PEN International Prize for History; andHogarth (FSG, 1997).

Product Description:

In this superb biography, Uglow tells the story of the farmers son who influenced book illustration for a century to come. It is a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life, and the beauty of the wild--a journey to the beginning of a lasting obsession with the natural world.

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• Editore: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0374112363
• ISBN 13: 9780374112363
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 458