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Nightingale
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The nightingale holds a unique place in cultural history: the most prized of songbirds, it has inspired more poems than any other creature and is also the most mythologised of birds. Nightingale juxtaposes the bird of poetry, music, myth, and lore with the living bird of wood and scrubland, unpicking the entangled relationship between them.
Covering a vast range of poets, musicians, artists, nature writers, and natural historians—from Aristotle, Keats, and Vera Lynn to Bob Dylan—Nightingale charts our fascination through history with this nondescript yet melodious little brown bird. It also documents the nightingale's disappearance from British breeding grounds and the implications this has for its conservation.
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'Nightingale' by Bethan Roberts is praised for its graceful and visionary exploration of nightingales, highlighting their significance across centuries and cultures. The book combines a deeply researched history of literature and human interaction with nature and is noted for its lyrical and hopeful prose. It examines the bird and its cultural impact, suggesting it would appeal both to poets and birdwatchers alike.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781789144741
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 October 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Illustration: 77 color plates, 23 halftones
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 133.0mm
Height: 191.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
Bethan Roberts is the William Noble Postdoctoral Research Associate in English at the University of Liverpool. She is the author of Charlotte Smith and the Sonnet: Place, Tradition and Form in the Late Eighteenth Century.
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