The English year
Subtitle: a literary journey through the seasons
By: Peter Buckingham
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers Ltd.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780857657640; 9780857657633; 9781849532563
Subjects: English literature; Literary collections; English Quotations; LITERARY COLLECTIONS; Essays
Description: Hard is his heart that loveth naught in May.? Geoffrey Chaucer12 June:?Male glow-worms, attracted by the light of the candles, come into the parlour. The distant hills look very blue.? Gilbert White, 1791Join some of England?s best-loved writers in this day-by-day celebration of an English year, from the frosty mornings of January through to the buds of spring and blooms of summer, from the autumn harvest to the festivities of Christmas. Diary entries by literary figures such as Gilbert White, Dorothy Wordsworth and Thomas Hardy guide us through the year, accompanied by poems and quotations.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; January; February; March; April; May; June; July; August; September; October; November; December.