CountryLoreandLegends(EnglishJourneys)
- 作者
- 出版社 PenguinBooks
- 出版时间 2009年4月
- ISBN 9780141191041
- 定价 36.10
内容简介
Fromstone-throwingCornishgiantstoahauntedNorthumberlandmine,fromtheghostlyMistletoeBrideofOxfordshiretothe?bloodyhand?inaKentchurch,herearethemyths,legendsandsupernaturalstoriesthathavebeenpasseddownthroughthegenerationsalloverEngland.Containingtalesoffairies,hobgoblins,spectralhuntsmen,blackdogs,bogeybeasts,screamingskullsandclangingbells,aswellasrealandmythicalfiguressuchasKingArthur,RobinHood,StGeorge,BoadiceaandDickTurpin,thisisamagicaljourneythroughEngland?slegendarypast.GenerationsofinhabitantshavehelpedshapetheEnglishcountryside?butithasprofoundlyshapedustoo.Ithasprovokedahugevarietyofresponsesfromartists,writers,musiciansandpeoplewholiveandworkontheland?aswellasthosewhoaretravellingthroughit.EnglishJourneyscelebratesthislongtraditionwithaseriesoftwentybooksonallaspectsofthecountryside,fromstargazeypieandcountrychurches,toman?srelationshipwithnatureandsongscelebratingthepatternsofthecountryside(aswellasghostsandlove-strucksoldiers).
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