Name: Storyland: a New Mythology of Britain
ISBN: 9781529407976

AMY. JEFFS

Storyland: a New Mythology of Britain

Amy Jeffs

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes. It begins between the Creation and Noah's Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants from an age when the children of Cain and the progeny of fallen angels walked the earth, to the founding of Britain, England, Wales and Scotland, the birth of Christ, the wars between Britons, Saxons and Vikings, and closes with the arrival of the Normans. These are retellings of medieval tales of legend, landscape and the yearning to belong, inhabited with characters now half-remembered: Brutus, Albina, Scota, Arthur and Bladud among them. Told with narrative flair, embellished in stunning artworks and glossed with a rich and erudite commentary. We visit beautiful, sacred places that include prehistoric monuments like Stonehenge and Wayland's Smithy, spanning the length of Britain from the archipelago of Orkney to as far south as Cornwall; mountains and lakes such as Snowdon and Loch Etive and rivers including the Ness, the Soar and the story-silted Thames in a vivid, beautiful tale of our land steeped in myth. It Illuminates a collective memory that still informs the identity and political ambition of these places. In Storyland, Jeffs reimagines these myths of homeland, exile and migration, kinship, loyalty, betrayal, love and loss in a landscape brimming with wonder.

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

Revna

As a lino artist myself I loved the portrayal of myths through the carved form. I found this a slow read, I'm unsure as of yet whether this was due to absorbing the stories or not enjoying it as much as I expected to initially. Due to each chapter being a self contained myth/story. I did struggle with motivation, once it was put down I wasn't rushing to pick it back up BUT I have also been moving house so my exhaustion has been getting to me!

Storyland: a New Mythology of Britain

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