Mysterious Wisdom by Rachel Campbell-Johnston
The first biography of the Romantic artist and visionary, Samuel Palmer for over thirty-five years
A fine and sympathetic study of one of England's greatest artists -- Peter Ackroyd
A magnificent biography of an artist who is derailed by his obsession with place.. Campbell-Johnston brings this first, liminal, place vividly alive -- Edmund de Waal * The Times *
Not just a good book, it is a perfect book. Its sentences sing like poems ... The full implications of Palmer's life and work have never been so well teased out as in this tragic masterpiece. It is a book to read, and, rapturously, tearfully, read again * Financial Times *
Vivid, acute ... richly enjoyable -- John Carey * Sunday Times *
A magnificent biography of an artist who is derailed by his obsession with place.. Campbell-Johnston brings this first, liminal, place vividly alive -- Edmund de Waal * The Times *
Not just a good book, it is a perfect book. Its sentences sing like poems ... The full implications of Palmer's life and work have never been so well teased out as in this tragic masterpiece. It is a book to read, and, rapturously, tearfully, read again * Financial Times *
Vivid, acute ... richly enjoyable -- John Carey * Sunday Times *
Rachel Campbell Johnston is the art and poetry critic for the times. She has a PhD in English Literature. Rachel Campbell Johnston lives in London and in Norfolk with her family and her flock of sheep.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408822227 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408822229 |
| Title | Mysterious Wisdom |
| Author | Rachel Campbell-Johnston |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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