Harris’ wondrously eclectic mind has previously produced Weatherland and Romantic Moderns. Here she weaves stories of the Sussex landscape of her youth, with threads of Blake, Milton, Constable and Ford Madox Ford as well as of those whose names are indecipherable.
The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978057135052021/03/2024
Categories: 07. New Year 2024: Ideas & Culture, Art, Natural History, New Year 2024
Tags: Art History, British Isles, Green Fuse, Idyll
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