Ebook {Epub PDF} Winter: Five Windows on the Season by Adam Gopnik

 · A stunningly beautiful meditation buoyed by Gopnik's trademark gentle wit, Winter is at once an enchanting homage to an idea of a season and a . Sporting an impressive bibliography and thorough index, Adam Gopnik’s Winter is both lively and accessible. Five essays (“windows”) set up the different ways we view or engage with winter: Romantic Winter, Radical, Recuperative, and Recreational, with a .  · In Winter: Five Windows on the Season, Adam took listeners on an intimate tour of the artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, scientists, and thinkers, who helped shape a new and modern idea of winter. Part One: Romantic Winter. Part Two: Radical Winter. Part Three: Recuperative Winte r. Part Four: Recreational Winter. Part Five: Remembering Winter.

In , the Canadian Broadcasting Company marked the 50th year of the Massey Lecture Series by asking Adam to deliver five lectures on a subject close to the heart of all Canadians - Winter. In Winter: Five Windows on the Season, Adam took listeners on an intimate tour of the artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, scientists, and. Winter: Five Windows on the Season, by Adam Gopnik • Anansi Press, , pgs. Some of the finest days occur in the month of October. Warm, golden days are typically followed by cool nights. Green landscapes are transformed into beautiful combinations of red, orange and yellow. In , Adam Gopnik chose as his theme the winter season. His lecture (Winter: Five Windows on the Season), structured in five-parts, focuses on ideas, events, and activities typically associated with the give-or-take span of time between December and March. His polymathic view on the season sweeps across art and literature, history and.

Winter: Five Windows on the Season is a nonfiction book written by Adam Gopnik for the Massey Lectures. Each of the book's five chapters had been delivered as a one-hour lecture discussing artistic portrayals of winter: its impact on culture and societies, polar exploration, and winter recreation. Each lecture was held in a different Canadian city: Montreal on October 12, Halifax on October 14, Edmonton on October 21, Vancouver on October 23, and ending in Toronto on October The book wa. Sporting an impressive bibliography and thorough index, Adam Gopnik’s Winter is both lively and accessible. Five essays (“windows”) set up the different ways we view or engage with winter: Romantic Winter, Radical, Recuperative, and Recreational, with a reflective summary entitled “Remembering Winter.”. A stunningly beautiful meditation buoyed by Gopnik's trademark gentle wit, Winter is at once an enchanting homage to an idea of a season and a captivating journey through the modern imagination.