{"product_id":"9781935952930","title":"Snowy Tower: Parzival and the Wet Black Branch of Language","description":"In \u003ci\u003eSnowy Tower,\u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Martin Shaw continues his trilogy of works on the relationship between myth, wilderness, and a culture of wildness. In this second book, he gives a telling of the Grail epic \u003ci\u003eParzival.\u003c\/i\u003e Claiming it as a great trickster story of medieval Europe, he offers a deft and erudite commentary, with topics ranging from climate change and the soul to the discipline of erotic consciousness, from the hallucination of empire to a revisioning of the dark speech of the ancient bards. Ingrained in the very syntax of \u003ci\u003eSnowy Tower\u003c\/i\u003e is an invocation of what Shaw calls ‘wild mythologies’ — stories that are more than just human allegory, that seem to brush the winged thinking of owl, stream, and open moor. This daring work offers a connection to the genius of the margins; that the big questions of today will not be solved by big answers, but by the myriad of associations that both myth and wilderness offer.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"White Cloud Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165448552688,"sku":"9781935952930","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935952930_p0.jpg?v=1763657999","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935952930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}