Richard K. Morris (1943–2015)
Auteur de Time's anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Richard K. Morris
Kenilworth 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Morris, Richard Keith
- Autres noms
- Richard of Warwick (nickname)
Mouldings Morris (nickname) - Date de naissance
- 1943-11-15
- Date de décès
- 2015-01-07
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England
- Lieu de naissance
- Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, UK - Études
- Wycliffe School, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK
University of Cambridge (Selwyn College) - Professions
- art historian
- Relations
- Gibbs, Jenny (wife)
- Organisations
- University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (lecturer)
University of Warwick (lecturer)
Ancient Monuments Society
Society of Antiquaries of London
Membres
Critiques
Yorkshire: A Lyrical History of England's Greatest… par Richard Morris
One needs a deeper grounding in English geography and history than I have to appreciate this book, I believe. The writing seemed fine (although it struck me as jumping between subjects and time periods a lot). But I wasn't going to get from it what I had hoped.
It's England's largest county and one whose history encompasses every era of time. From the prehistoric creatures and landscape to the very modern, this book takes a trip around the wonderful diversity that is Yorkshire. At times Morris talks about very personal family history and at other times muses on landscape. Altogether it shows a picture of a diverse and wonderful part of the country and, yes I am biased, it is God's Own Country.
This is an uneven book, but it has some very enjoyable chapters.
It tells the story of archaeology in England - its history, major developments and recent advances - in relatively short readable chapters that are akin to short essays, although they are linked. There is much enthusiasm, excellent storytelling and comprehensible (to a layman) analysis. There are digressions into the author's personal history and that of his family, which are largely integrated into the main story/argument.
However, it is disjointed and in the afterword it does note that the book was written over the period from 2000, with some chapters having to be revisited in the light of subsequent discoveries. You can feel this unevenness when reading it, but I thought that the chapter on aerial archaeology was fantastic.… (plus d'informations)
It tells the story of archaeology in England - its history, major developments and recent advances - in relatively short readable chapters that are akin to short essays, although they are linked. There is much enthusiasm, excellent storytelling and comprehensible (to a layman) analysis. There are digressions into the author's personal history and that of his family, which are largely integrated into the main story/argument.
However, it is disjointed and in the afterword it does note that the book was written over the period from 2000, with some chapters having to be revisited in the light of subsequent discoveries. You can feel this unevenness when reading it, but I thought that the chapter on aerial archaeology was fantastic.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 261
- Popularité
- #88,099
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 25