Description
Temporarily out of stock
Title: Robin: Animals Series
Author: WILSON HELEN F
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/01/2023
Imprint: REAKTION
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
A tuneful natural and cultural history of this globally renowned songbird.
The robin is a small bird with a distinctive ruddy breast, at once a national treasure and a bird with a global reputation. In this superbly illustrated account, Helen F. Wilson looks at many aspects of the cherished robin, from its status as a harbinger of seasonal change and icon of Christmas, to its place in fairy tales, environmental campaigns and scientific discovery. In moving between cultural and natural histories, Robin asks wide-ranging questions: how did the robin’s name travel the world? Why is the robin so melancholy? Who was Cock Robin? And how has the history of the colour red shaped the robin’s ambivalent associations and unusual origin stories?
Review: \”Wilson’s debut book, Robin, offers an account of this bird, describing its place in fairy tales, environmental campaigns, and scientific discoveries alongside some truly beautiful illustrations . . . Robin is a fascinating read and Wilson asks some interesting and wide-ranging questions: how did the robin’s name travel the world? Why is the robin so melancholy? Who was Cock Robin? And how has the history of the color red shaped the robin’s ambivalent associations and unusual origin stories?\”– \”Yorkshire Life Magazine\”
\”Wilson magnificently weaves the history of the robin’s cultural influences with facts about the bird’s biology, migratory patterns, habits, and behavior. . . . Loaded with paintings, photographs, and literary references in classics like The Secret Garden. . . . This is an exceptional work for all bird enthusiasts.\”– \”Booklist\”
Author Biography: Helen F. Wilson is an associate professor of human geography at Durham University. She has published widely within social and cultural geography and lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Series: Animals series
ISBN: 9781789146264
Dimension: 191mm X 133mm
Edition: 01