Snowy Tower by Martin Shaw

Описание: A visiting fellow at Schumacher College and writer in residence, Martin Shaw talks about his new book, Snowy Tower, published by White Cloud Press.

In Snowy Tower, Dr. Martin Shaw continues his trilogy of works on the relationship between myth, wilderness and a culture of wildness. In this second book, he gives a telling of the Grail epic Parzival. Claiming it as a great Trickster story of medieval Europe, he offers a deft and erudite commentary, topics ranging from climate change and the soul, the discipline of erotic consciousness, the hallucination of empire, to a re-visioning of the dark speech of the ancient bards.

Ingrained in the very syntax of Snowy Tower is an invocation of what Shaw calls 'wild mythologies' - stories that are more than just human allegory, that seem to brush the winged thinking of owl, stream and open moor. This daring work offers a connection to "the genius of the margins"; that the big questions of today will not be solved by big answers, but by the myriad of associations that both myth and wilderness offer.

For more information, visit:
http://www.whitecloudpress.com/snowy-...
http://www.schoolofmyth.com
http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk

This video is an Opus Earth production for White Cloud Press and Martin Shaw.