by D. M. Thomas
First published 1989
This collaborative work combines Jem Southam's visual documentation of a river's complete journey through Cornwall with literary and scholarly perspectives. Southam's photographs capture the waterway as it moves from inland origins to coastal terminus, creating a geographic narrative through images. D.M. Thomas contributes poetry that responds to the river's character and significance. Frank Turk and Jan Ruhrmund provide an essay that examines the cultural and historical dimensions of this Cornish region. Together, these elements create a portrait of a specific place where natural geography intersects with human settlement and memory. The book presents Cornwall through the lens of one river system, using photography, verse, and prose to reveal how landscape shapes the communities along its banks.
Genres: art, 20th-century, environment, biography-memoir, 21st-century, art-history, cultural, cultural-studies
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: collaborative-work, geographic-narrative, intersection-of-nature-and-culture
Setting: Cornwall
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
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