Water at the Roots (eBook)

Poems and Insights of a Visionary Farmer

Philip Britts (Autor)

Jennifer Harries (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
179 Seiten
Plough Publishing House (Verlag)
978-0-87486-129-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In a society uprooted by two world wars, industrialization, and dehumanizing technology, a revolutionary farmer turns to poetry to reconnect his people to the land and one another.

A farmer, poet, activist, pastor, and mystic, Britts (1917–1949) has been called a British Wendell Berry. His story is no romantic agrarian elegy, but a life lived in the thick of history. As his country plunged headlong into World War II, he joined an international pacifist community, the Bruderhof, and was soon forced to leave Europe for South America.

Amidst these great upheavals, his response – to root himself in faith, to dedicate himself to building community, to restore the land he farmed, and to use his gift with words to turn people from their madness – speaks forcefully into our time. In an age still wracked by racism, nationalism, materialism, and ecological devastation, the life he chose and the poetry he composed remain a prophetic challenge.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.3.2018
• Vorwort: David Kline
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: Abraham Joshua Heschel • Activist • Agrarian • agrarian poetry • Annie Dillard • British • British Poet • British Wendell Berry • Bruderhof • Christian • Christian biography • Community • Community and agriculture • connection to nature • creation care • David Kline • dehumanizing technology • Devon • Disillusionment • ecological devastation • England • faith and farming • farmer poet • Farmer-poet • harmony with • harmony with nature • homesteaders • horticulturalist • Industrialization • John Muir • losing our humanity • Materialism • modern farmer • muddy boots • Mystic • Nationalism • natural world • Nature and scripture • nature poetry • Organic Farming • Pacifist • Peace Movement • Progress • Rachel Carson • Racism • radical • regenerative agriculture • restoring the land • seed savers • sense of awe • Smallholders • Socialist • Spiritual Ecology • Stewardship • Suffering • transcendent • tropical climate • Uncertainty • wendell berry • West Country farmer • wonders of nature • working the soil • World War II • World War II pacifist • World War II poetry
• ISBN-10: 0-87486-129-2 / 0874861292
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87486-129-7 / 9780874861297