Rural scenes and national representation : Britain, 1815-1850 /

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Elizabeth Helsinger's iconoclastic book explores the peculiar power of rural England to stand for conflicting ideas of Britain. Despite the nostalgic appeal of Constable's or Tennyson's rural scenes, they record the severe social and economic disturbances of the turbulent years after...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helsinger, Elizabeth K., 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997]
Colección:Literature in history (Princeton, N.J.)
Temas:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Rural conditions in literature.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Art and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Pastoral literature, English > History and criticism.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Landscape painting, British > 19th century.
Landscapes in literature.
Peasants in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Conditions rurales dans la littérature.
Littérature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Art et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature pastorale anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Britanniques dans la littérature.
Peinture de paysages britannique > 19e siècle.
Paysages dans la littérature.
Paysans dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Art and literature.
English literature.
Landscape painting, British.
Literature and history.
Pastoral literature, English.
Rural conditions.
Great Britain > Rural conditions.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions rurales.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. LAND AND THE NATION
  • PART I. ICONS AND AUDIENCES
  • ONE. CONSTABLE: THE MAKING OF A NATIONAL PAINTER
  • TWO. OUT OF THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY: TENNYSON'S ENGLISH IDYLS
  • PART II. CONTESTED GROUND
  • THREE. COBBETT'S RADICAL HUSBANDRY
  • FOUR. CLARE AND THE PLACE OF THE PEASANT POET
  • FIVE. TURNER'S ENGLAND AND WALES
  • SIX. BRONTE'S GHOSTS
  • RETROSPECT. ELIOT'S RISKY HISTORY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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