{"product_id":"a-green-and-pagan-land-9781476670508","title":"A Green and Pagan Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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 \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e informed later British films and television dramas such as \u003ci\u003eThe Owl Service\u003c\/i\u003e (1969-70), \u003ci\u003eBlood on Satan''s Claw\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eExcalibur\u003c\/i\u003e (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Green and Pagan Land\u003c\/em\u003e 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","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040424919383,"sku":"9781476670508","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-green-and-pagan-land-9781476670508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}