Unfolding Irish landscapes : Tim Robinson, culture and environment / edited by Derek Gladwin and Christine Cusick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gladwin, Derek, editor.

Cusick, Christine, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robinson, Tim, 1935-2020--Travel--Ireland.

Robinson, Tim.

Ireland--Description and travel.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 254 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Summary:

'Unfolding Irish Landscapes' offers a comprehensive and sustained cross-disciplinary study of the work of cartographer, landscape writer and visual artist Tim Robinson. Robinson's work continues to garner significant attention not only in Ireland, but also in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, particularly with the recent celebration of the 25th anniversary of his monumental 'Stones of Aran.'

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Table of contents

List of figures

List of contributors

Acknowledgments

Foreword: Tim Robinson

Map of Aran Islands and neighbouring coasts

Introduction

Setting foot on the west of Ireland

The 'storings and sortings' of cartography and topographical writing

Surveying critical and creative approaches

Notes

I Explorations in cartography and geography

1 Genius loci

Exploring Robinson's maps

The storied landscape

Reflections on slow landscapes

2 Catchments

3 'The fineness of things'

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 27, 2026).

ISBN:

9781784996529

1784996521

9781526104427

1526104423

9781784997144

1784997145

OCLC:

970806709