The Last of the Light by Peter Davidson
The Last of the Light is a meditation on twilight in Western thought, painting and literature, which combines memoir, literature and art history. Peter Davidson takes in both figurative and actual twilights; from those portrayed by romantic poets and painters, to the science of the Victorian evening sky.
'What an astonishing book this is: a cartography of dusk, an illumination of twilight as it has found its ways into the art, literature, dreams, moods and metaphors of Europe and beyondBeautiful and subtle in its tracings, it combines memoir, memory, place-writing and cultural history by degrees so fine as to be imperceptible.' - Robert Macfarlane, author of Landmarks, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot and Mountains of the Mind.
Peter Davidson is Fellow of Campion Hall, University of Oxford. He has taught at the universities of Aberdeen, Leiden and Warwick. He is the author of a book of essays about northern culture, The Idea of North (Reaktion, 2005), Distance and Memory (2013), a collection of verse, The Palace of Oblivion (2008) and The Last of the Light: About Twilight (Reaktion, 2015).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780235103 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780235100 |
| Title | The Last of the Light |
| Author | Peter Davidson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2015-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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