Landmarks /

"In this, his fifth book, Macfarlane brilliantly explores the linguistic and literary terrain of our archipelago, from the Shetlands to Cornwall, and from Cumbria to Suffolk. Landmarks is a book about the power of language - 'strong style, single words' - to shape our sense of place....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[London] : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2015.
Subjects:	Macfarlane, Robert, > 1976- > Travel. Macfarlane, Robert, > 1976- > Books and reading. Geography in literature. English language > Variation. British Isles > Description and travel. Macfarlane, Robert, > 1976- Géographie dans la littérature. Anglais (Langue) > Variation. Britanniques, Îles > Descriptions et voyages. Travel and Tourism. Books and reading. Travel. Europe > British Isles. Geografi i litteraturen. Engelska språket. Språkvariation.
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Table of Contents:

The word-hoard
A counter-desecration phrasebook ; Glossary I: Flatlands
The living mountain ; Glossary II: Uplands
The woods and the water ; Glossary III: Waterlands
Hunting life ; Glossary IV: Coastlands
The tunnel of swords and axes ; Glossary V: Underlands
North-minded ; Glossary VI: Northlands
Bastard countryside ; Glossary VII: Edgelands
Stone-books ; Glossary VIII: Earthlands
The black locust and the silver pine ; Glossary IX: Woodlands
Childish ; Glossary X: Left blank for future place-words and the reader's own terms
Postscript.