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Darwin's Bards
A comprehensive study of Darwin's legacy for religion, ecology and the arts. Includes over 50 complete poems and long extracts with an interpretative framework and close readings. Poets examined include Tennyson, Browning, Hardy, Frost, Ted Hughes, Pattia
Wings in the Wind
ThunderWing was a young warrior-eagle, a champion among the Great Eagles, the Mauh’eyri, who dwelt in the Mountains of the fair and ancient land of Mauha. His ambition was to fly over Mauharikhan, the almost-impossible peak of the Great Mountain, evading the great demon-storm that lived there, and thus win the title of WindLord. This would also give him the privilege of taking SilverSong, a beautiful eagle-maiden, as his nest-mate. But the road to greatness is far more difficult and eventful than his proud heart anticipated. Does he succeed? This fantasy work targets a range of adult readers at many different stages in their own spiritual journey. Written in the tradition of JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis.
Translation and Creation
In the late Qing period, from the Opium War to the 1911 revolution, China absorbed the initial impact of Western arms, manufactures, science and culture, in that order. This volume of essays deals with the reception of Western literature, on the evidence of translations made. Having to overcome Chinese assumptions of cultural superiority, the perception that the West had a literature worth notice grew only gradually. It was not until the very end of the 19th century that a translation of a Western novel ("La dame aux camelias") achieved popular acclaim. But this opened the floodgates: in the first decade of the 20th century, more translated fiction was published than original fiction.The cor...
