Try the Wilderness First by Jonathan Miles

Try the Wilderness First by Jonathan Miles

Try the Wilderness First is the story of controversial artist Eric Gill's artistic and religious community in the Black Mountains of Wales during the 1920s, told through the character and work of Gill himself and David Jones, two of Britain's most significant twentieth century artists. In it Jonathan Miles offers a commentary on the radical Catholicism of Gill and on the community's Arts and Crafts-style focus on the handmade at its base in a former monastery. Capel-y-ffin's remoteness offered Gill time to develop his religious thinking but also to experiment with his sexuality. For Jones it offered escape from his wartime experiences and a cultural homecoming which resulted in a productive period of painting and engraving. The personality and practice of both men was to be marked indelibly by their time there and in this new edition of his book, Jonathan Miles incorporates new images and new research into a page-turning and accessible narrative.

Try the Wilderness First is the story of controversial artist Eric Gill's artistic and religious community in the Black Mountains of Wales during the 1920s, told through the character and work of Gill himself and David Jones, two of Britain's most significant twentieth century artists. In it Jonathan Miles offers a commentary on the radical Catholicism of Gill and on the community's Arts and Crafts-style focus on the handmade at its base in a former monastery. Capel-y-ffin's remoteness offered Gill time to develop his religious thinking but also to experiment with his sexuality. For Jones it offered escape from his wartime experiences and a cultural homecoming which resulted in a productive period of painting and engraving. The personality and practice of both men was to be marked indelibly by their time there and in this new edition of his book, Jonathan Miles incorporates new images and new research into a page-turning and accessible narrative.

Dear American Airlines, Want Not, and Anatomy of a Miracle are all written by Jonathan Miles. He is a contributing editor to magazines like Details, Garden & Gun, Men's Magazine, and Field & Stream, and is a former New York Times columnist. Best American Sports Writing and Best American Crime Writing have both published anthologies of his work. He used to live in Oxford, Mississippi, but now resides in rural New Jersey beside the Delaware River.

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ISBN 13	9781781724019
ISBN 10	1781724016
Title	Try the Wilderness First
Author	Jonathan Miles
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Poetry Wales Press
Year published	2018-03-05
Number of pages	220
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.