The Seasons

An Elegy for the Passing of the Year

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Seasons
Cover of the book The Seasons by Nick Groom, Atlantic Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Nick Groom ISBN: 9781782392064
Publisher: Atlantic Books Publication: February 1, 2013
Imprint: Atlantic Books Language: English
Author: Nick Groom
ISBN: 9781782392064
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication: February 1, 2013
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Language: English

For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomized and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first cuckoo call of spring or rejoice in the mellow fruits of harvest festival? How much will we lose if we can no longer find either refuge or reassurance in the greater natural—and meteorological—scheme of things? Nick Groom's splendidly rich and encyclopedic book is an unabashed celebration of the English seasons and the trove of strange folklore and often stranger fact they have accumulated over the centuries. Each season and its particular history are given their full due, and these chapters are interwoven with others on the calendar and how the year and months have come to be measured, on important dates and festivals such as Easter, May Day and, of course, Christmas, on that defining first cuckoo call, on national attitudes to weather, our seasonal relationship with the land and horticulture and much more. The author expresses the hope that his book will not prove an elegy: only time will tell.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomized and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first cuckoo call of spring or rejoice in the mellow fruits of harvest festival? How much will we lose if we can no longer find either refuge or reassurance in the greater natural—and meteorological—scheme of things? Nick Groom's splendidly rich and encyclopedic book is an unabashed celebration of the English seasons and the trove of strange folklore and often stranger fact they have accumulated over the centuries. Each season and its particular history are given their full due, and these chapters are interwoven with others on the calendar and how the year and months have come to be measured, on important dates and festivals such as Easter, May Day and, of course, Christmas, on that defining first cuckoo call, on national attitudes to weather, our seasonal relationship with the land and horticulture and much more. The author expresses the hope that his book will not prove an elegy: only time will tell.

More books from Atlantic Books

Cover of the book Heart Yoga by Nick Groom
Cover of the book The Secret Language of Anatomy by Nick Groom
Cover of the book The British Dream by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Hold On To Hope by Nick Groom
Cover of the book The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Break Through with Breathwork by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Ireland by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Sky Shamans of Mongolia by Nick Groom
Cover of the book The Modern Herbal Dispensatory by Nick Groom
Cover of the book The Book of Stones, Revised Edition by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Oppression and the Body by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Tyrant's Shadow by Nick Groom
Cover of the book The Last King of Lydia by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Io Anthology by Nick Groom
Cover of the book Friends of the Dusk by Nick Groom
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy