Writing the Thames
Author:   Christina Hardyment
Publisher:   Bodleian Library
ISBN:  

9781851244508


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   08 April 2016
Format:   Hardback
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'Writing the Thames' tells a much-loved river's story through the remarkable prose, poetry and illustration that it has inspired. Beautifully illustrated, this book celebrates the writers who have helped to make England's greatest river an enduring legend.

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Author:   Christina Hardyment
Publisher:   Bodleian Library
Imprint:   Bodleian Library
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.818kg
ISBN:  

9781851244508


ISBN 10:   1851244506
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   08 April 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction 1 Liquid History 2 Topographers and Tourists 3 Writers' Retreats 4 Messing about in Boats 5 Naturalists on the Thames 6 Dead in the Water 7 Rhyming the River 8 Writing the Thames Today Notes Further Reading Picture credits and acknowledgements Index

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An attractive book on an attractive subject. --Country Life (05/03/2016) Hardyment has cast her net wide. Writing the Thames, [is] a zestful compilation with commentary. . . . Hardyment's last word is a generous tribute to Peter Ackroyd's vast survey, Thames: Sacred River. More manageable and less mystical, Writing the Thames lies far upstream of that swollen torrent of a book, in calm and sparkling waters. -- (05/03/2016) From source to sea, [Hardyment's] tour navigates the literature inspired by the river: topographical books, natural histories, books by boatmen, guides for tourists, pastoral celebrations, and a survey of literary drownings.' --Sunday Telegraph (05/03/2016)


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Christina Hardyment is a writer and journalist with a special interest in social history and literary geography.

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