The Land is a booklength narrative poem by Vita SackvilleWest. Published in 1926 by William Heinemann, it is a Georgic celebration of the rural landscape, traditions and history of the Kentish Weald where SackvilleWest lived. The poem adopts the traditional Georgic structure of the four seasons and is divided into four parts, running from Winter to Autumn, and documenting the agricultural traditions and changing landscape through the year. The poems intention to capture the natural processes that exist outside of history are made clear in the opening lines I sing the cycle of my countrys year, I sing the tillage, and the reaping sing, Classic monotony, that modes and wars Leave undisturbed, unbettered, for their best Was born immediate, of expediency. The poems were popular enough for there to be six print runs in the first three years of its publication aided in part by its winning the Hawthornden Prize for Literature.

Binding: Paperback;116 pages; Publisher: Repro India Limited; Classification: N/A; Weight: 277.85 g; Dimensions: N/A

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