Robert Macfarlane

Mountains of the Mind

Cultural and philosophical history of how humans understand and relate to mountains

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Robert Macfarlane

British writer whose books on landscape, wilderness, and the language of place have transformed nature writing in Britain. The Wild Places, The Old Ways, and Mountains of the Mind combine physical exploration with literary history, geology, and philosophy. Underland extended his inquiry below the earth's surface.

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