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SNOWY TOWER
PARZIVAL AND THE WET BLACK BRANCH OF LANGUAGE |
| By: |
Martin Shaw, Coleman Barks (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1935952927 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781935952923 |
| Publisher: |
WHITE CLOUD PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 March, 2014 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
In "Snowy Tower, " Dr. Martin Shaw continues his trilogy of works on the relationship between myth, wilderness, and a culture of wildness. In this second book, he gives a telling of the Grail epic "Parzival." Claiming it as a great trickster story of medieval Europe, he offers a deft and erudite commentary, with topics ranging from climate change a |
| Synopsis: |
In Snowy Tower, Dr. Martin Shaw continues his trilogy of works on the relationship between myth, wilderness, and a culture of wildness. In this second book, he gives a telling of the Grail epic Parzival. Claiming it as a great trickster story of medieval Europe, he offers a deft and erudite commentary, with topics ranging from climate change and the soul to the discipline of erotic consciousness, from the hallucination of empire to a revisioning of the dark speech of the ancient bards. Ingrained in the very syntax of Snowy Tower is an invocation of what Shaw calls `wild mythologies' - stories that are more than just human allegory, that seem to brush the winged thinking of owl, stream, and open moor. This daring work offers a connection to the genius of the margins; that the big questions of today will not be solved by big answers, but by the myriad of associations that both myth and wilderness offer. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
White Cloud Press |
| Returns: |
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