A Sweet, Wild Note: What We Hear When the Birds Sing by Richard Smyth carnation Tolkien transmutes an invented mythology

Tolkien transmutes an invented mythology into gripping story in The Lord of the Rings

ISBN: 9781599154633

and The Cardboard Piano

her first picture book about Medieval composer Hildegard of Bingen

A Sweet, Wild Note: What We Hear When the Birds Sing by Richard Smyth carnation Tolkien transmutes an invented mythologyIn this fascinating account, Richard Smyth asks what it is about birdsong that we so love. Exploring the myriad ways in which it has influenced literature, music, science, and our very ideas of what it means to be human, Smyth's nuanced investigation shows that what we hear says as much about us, our dreams and desires, as it does about the birds and their songs. At a time when our birdsong is growing quieter, with fewer voices, more thinly spread, A