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Book The Natural History of Selborne

Download or read book The Natural History of Selborne written by Gilbert White and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gilbert White

Download or read book Gilbert White written by Richard Mabey and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman - England's first ecologist - whose inspirational naturalist's handbook has become an English classic.

Book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne

Download or read book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne written by Rashleigh Holt-White and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1901, this illustrated two-volume biography traces the renowned naturalist's life and achievements, incorporating a selection of his correspondence.

Book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne

Download or read book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne written by Rashleigh Holt-White and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Drawn to Nature

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  • Author : Simon Martin
  • Publisher : Pallant House Gallery
  • Release : 2022-01-25
  • ISBN : 9781869827755
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Drawn to Nature written by Simon Martin and published by Pallant House Gallery. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The natural world as seen through the eyes of British artists including Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton, and John Piper Since its publication in 1789, Gilbert White's Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of artists, writers and naturalists. From Thomas Bewick to Eric Ravilious and Clare Leighton, many artists' depictions of animals, birds and wildlife have illustrated White's celebrated book, together providing a microcosm of natural history illustration from the eighteenth century until today. In Drawn to Nature, Simon Martin has gathered joyful and beautiful images of the extraordinary array of wildlife described by White, providing an insight into the continuing appeal and relevance of the Natural History. This fascinating account takes us from some of the earliest published depictions of birds and animals, to pioneering nature photography, the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s and 30s, and responses to White's message about the natural world by contemporary illustrators such as Angie Lewin and Emily Sutton. The book also includes an introduction to the life of Gilbert White by Sir David Attenborough, an essay by Virginia Woolf, poems by modern and contemporary poets, and a jacket design by Mark Hearld.

Book History of Selborne

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gilbert White
  • Publisher : e-artnow
  • Release : 2021-05-07
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 355 pages

Download or read book History of Selborne written by Gilbert White and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of the author's letters to other naturalists – Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington. Some of the letters were never posted, and were written for the book. White's Natural History was at once well received by contemporary critics and the public, and continued to be admired by a diverse range of nineteenth and twentieth century literary figures. His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecology and in particular to phenology. The book has been enjoyed for its charm and apparent simplicity, and the way that it creates a vision of pre-industrial England.

Book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne

Download or read book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne written by Rashleigh Holt-White (ed) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Romantic Science

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  • Author : Noah Heringman
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • Release : 2012-02-01
  • ISBN : 0791486931
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Romantic Science written by Noah Heringman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although "romantic science" may sound like a paradox, much of the romance surrounding modern science—the mad scientist, the intuitive genius, the utopian transformation of nature—originated in the Romantic period. Romantic Science traces the literary and cultural politics surrounding the formation of the modern scientific disciplines emerging from eighteenth-century natural history. Revealing how scientific concerns were literary concerns in the Romantic period, the contributors uncover the vital role that new discoveries in earth, plant, and animal sciences played in the period's literary culture. As Thomas Pennant put it in 1772, "Natural History is, at present, the favourite science over all Europe, and the progress which has been made in it will distinguish and characterise the eighteenth century in the annals of literature." As they examine the social and literary ramifications of a particular branch or object of natural history, the contributors to this volume historicize our present intellectual landscape by reimagining and redrawing the disciplinary boundaries between literature and science. Contributors include Alan Bewell, Rachel Crawford, Noah Heringman, Theresa M. Kelley, Amy Mae King, Lydia H. Liu, Anne K. Mellor, Stuart Peterfreund, and Catherine E. Ross.

Book Timothy  or  Notes of an Abject Reptile

Download or read book Timothy or Notes of an Abject Reptile written by Verlyn Klinkenborg and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal’s own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world’s most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and naturalist Gilbert White. For thirteen years, Timothy lived in White’s garden. Here Klinkenborg gives the tortoise an unforgettable voice and keen powers of observation on both human and natural affairs. Wry and wise, unexpectedly moving and enchanting at every–careful–turn, Timothy surprises and delights.

Book Ghost Trees

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  • Author : Bob Gilbert
  • Publisher : Saraband
  • Release : 2018-10-18
  • ISBN : 1912235285
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book Ghost Trees written by Bob Gilbert and published by Saraband. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in the brick and concrete heart of our cities, nature finds a way. Birds and mammals, insects, plants and trees – they all manage to thrive in the urban jungle, and Bob Gilbert is their champion and their chronicler. He explores the hidden wildlife of the inner city and its edgelands, finding unexpected beauty in the cracks and crannies, and uncovering the deep and essential relationship that exists between people and nature when they are bound together in such close proximity. Beginning from Poplar, the East End area in which he lives, Bob explores, in particular, our relationship with the trees that have helped shape London; from the original wildwood through to the street trees of today. He draws from history and natural history, poetry and painting, myth and magic, and a great deal of walking, observing and listening. Beautifully written, passionate and defiant, Ghost Trees tells the secrets and stories of the urban wildscape, of glorious nature resilient and resurgent on our very doorsteps.

Book Dwellings

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  • Author : Linda Hogan
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1996-09-17
  • ISBN : 0684830337
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Dwellings written by Linda Hogan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-09-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether she is writing about bats, bees, procupines, or wolves, contemplating the mysteries of caves, or delving into the traditions, beliefs, and myths of Native American cultures, Linda Hogan expresses a deep reverence for the dwelling we all share--the Earth. 16 line drawings.

Book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne

Download or read book The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne written by Rashleigh Holt-White and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gilbert White s Journals

Download or read book Gilbert White s Journals written by Gilbert White and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Timothy s Book

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  • Author : Verlyn Klinkenborg
  • Publisher : Portobello Books
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781846270543
  • Pages : 181 pages

Download or read book Timothy s Book written by Verlyn Klinkenborg and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy, a wise and eloquent tortoise, has spent some forty years amongst humans, living in their midst in the lovely Hampshire village of Selborne, the occasional object of study for his host, Gilbert White, whose letters famously comprise A Natural History of Selborne. But Timothy is inclined to study too. His observations of the natural world that surrounds him can match those of his master for aptness, precision, illumination and beauty - his gaze falls with equal aplomb on the flitting martins and swallows, trooping frogs, mating harvest mice, hares nibbling at the cabbage and, above all, on those 'tottering, stilt-gaited beasts', their instincts so derelict, who tower over Timothy and make their odd ways known to him. Who would guess that a tortoise marooned in the heart of old England could tell us so much?

Book LIFE AND LETTERS OF GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE

Download or read book LIFE AND LETTERS OF GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE written by RASHLEIGH. HOLT-WHITE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Bibliography of British Ornithology from the Earliest Times to the End of 1912

Download or read book A Bibliography of British Ornithology from the Earliest Times to the End of 1912 written by William Herbert Mullens and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: