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A Spicing of Birds (Hardcover)
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A Spicing of Birds (Hardcover)
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List price R663
Loot Price R564
Discovery Miles 5 640
You Save R99 (15%)
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A Spicing of Birds is a unique and beautifully illustrated
anthology, pairing poems from one of America's most revered poets
with evocative classic ornithological art. Emily Dickinson had a
great love of birds--in her collected poems, birds are mentioned
222 times, sometimes as the core inspiration of the poem. However,
in existing anthologies of Dickinson's work, little acknowledgment
is made of her close connection to birds. This book contains
thirty-seven of Dickinson's poems featuring birds common to New
England. Many lesser-known poems are brought to light, renewing our
appreciation for Dickinson's work.
The editors' introduction draws extensively from Dickinson's
letters, providing fascinating insights into her relationship with
birds. The illustrations, by late 18th century to early 20th
century artists/ornithologists, are often so apt as to seem to have
been created with the poems in mind. Included are beautiful
watercolors by Mark Catesby, engravings of John James Audubon's
paintings, illustrations by Alexander Wilson, chromo-lithographs by
Robert Ridgway (curator of birds at the National Museum for some
fifty years), paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and some of the
earliest bird photographs by Cordelia Stanwood. The editors also
discuss the development and growth of birding in the nineteenth
century as well as the evolution of field guides and early
conservation efforts. Brief biographies of the artists are included
in an appendix. This book is an eloquent tribute to the special
place held by birds in our lives and imaginations, and will make an
ideal gift for both birders and poetry readers.
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