The Hill (ePub)

Name: The Hill
Brand: Nine Arches Press
SKU: 103469037
Price: 8.99 EUR
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(Sprache: Englisch)

Autor: Angela France

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Angela France's The Hill is a remarkable sequence of poems that leads us up the winding footpaths of Leckhampton Hill near Cheltenham. Under our feet are fossils and flora, bones and the relics of quarrying. France is masterful in capturing the sense of...

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Angela France's The Hill is a remarkable sequence of poems that leads us up the winding footpaths of Leckhampton Hill near Cheltenham. Under our feet are fossils and flora, bones and the relics of quarrying. France is masterful in capturing the sense of place and weaving the entrancing voices of the hill, its walkers and inhabitants, into the fabric of these formally adventurous poems that range from prose to 'anglish', richly worded and delighting in their shapes and sounds.

Here, we encounter ghosts, foxes and ancient kings. We meet the protestors who, years before the Kinder Scout Trespassers, were standing up for their rambling rights and took the law into their own hands in 1902 when a landowner tried to enclose the hill they had walked for generations. And though history is never far from the surface, The Hill raises questions that are just as important today; who has the right to roam, whose land is it,

Autoren-Porträt von Angela France

Angela France has had poems published in many leading journals and anthologies. Publications include Occupation (Ragged Raven Press, 2009), Lessons in Mallemaroking (2011), Hide (2013) and The Hill (2017), all from Nine Arches press. The Hill has been developed into a touring live multi-media poetry show, funded by Arts Council England. Angela teaches creative writing at the University of Gloucestershire and in various community settings.