内容简介
ThomasHeywoodFromthefatherofEnglishnaturewriting:asuperbselectionofessaysaboutruralEnglandinthe1800s,withanintroductionbythecelebratedwriterRichardMabeyRichardJefferieswasthemostimportantandimaginativeobserversofthenaturalworldinthenineteenthcentury.TrekkingacrosstheEnglishcountryside,herecordedhisresponsestoeverythingfromthetextureofanowl'sfeatherand'noisesintheair'tothegrindinghardshipofrurallabor.Thisfantasticselectionofhisessaysandarticlesshowsawriterwhoisbrimmingwithintensefeeling,acutelyawareofthelandandthosewhoworkonit,andoftenambivalentaboutthecountryside.Whodoesitbelongto?Isitaplace,anexperience,orawayoflife?Inthesepassionateandidiosyncraticwritings,almostallourcurrentideasandconcernsaboutrurallifecanbefound.CelebratednaturewriterRichardMabey'sintroductiontohisselectionofJefferies'workdiscussestheauthor'slife,hisviewsontheparadoxesofrurallife,andhisplaceinthetraditionofnaturewriters,andhelpsusseeJefferiesinawholenewway.
作者简介
RichardJefferies(1848-1887)wasthefatherofEnglishnaturewriting,authoringmanynonfictionbooksandessaysaboutthesubject.Healsowroteseveralnovels,includingtheclassicchildren'sbookBevisandtheapocalypticscience-fictionnovelAfterLondon.RichardMabey(editor/introducer)istheauthorofmorethanthirtybooks,whichhavewontheEnglishNationalBookAwardandbeenfinalistsfortheWhitbread,theOndaatje,andtheJ.R.Ackerleyprizes.HewritesfortheGuardian,NewStatesman,andGranta,andcontributesfrequentlytoBBCradio.HewasmadeaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofLiteraturein2011.