Description
Book Synopsis British literature often refers to pagan and classical themes through richly detailed landscapes that suggest more than a mere backdrop of physical features. The myth-inspired writings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Algernon Blackwood, Aleister Crowley, Lord Dunsany and even Kenneth Grahame''s The Wind in the Willows informed later British films and television dramas such as The Owl Service (1969-70), Blood on Satan''s Claw (1971), The Wicker Man (1973), Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).
The author analyzes the evocative language and esthetics of landscapes in literature, film, television and music, and how psycho-geography is used to explore the influence of the past on the present.
Trade ReviewA Green and Pagan Land is an ambitious, highly readable and comprehensive book on how a British pagan consciousness, through time and place, secured a dwelling in cultural artefacts...This is a fine and stimulating exploration of the most influential and neglected artworks of a very British pagan culture." - Magonia Review of Books, February 2018
