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
Autor principal: Helsinger, Elizabeth K., 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rural conditions in literature.
Rural conditions.
Peasants in literature.
Pastoral literature, English.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Literature and history.
Landscapes in literature.
Landscape painting, British.
English literature.
Art and literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Paysans dans la litterature.
Paysages dans la litterature.
Peinture de paysages britannique > 19e siecle.
Britanniques dans la litterature.
Litterature pastorale anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Art et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Conditions rurales dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Landscape painting, British > 19th century.
Pastoral literature, English > History and criticism.
Art and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions rurales.
Great Britain > Rural conditions.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 Waterloo. Artists and writers like Cobbett, Clare, Turner, Emily Brontë, and George Eliot competed to claim the English countryside as ideological ground. No image of rural life produced consensus over the great questions: who should constitute the nation, and how should they be represented? Helsinger ponders how some images of rural life and land come to serve as national metaphors while others challenge their constructions of Englishness at the heart of the British Empire.Drawing on recent work in social history, nationalism, and geography, as well as the visual and literary arts, Helsinger recovers other possible and alternative readings of social ties embedded in the imagery of land. She reflects on the power of rural images to transfer local loyalties to the national scene, first popularizing then institutionalizing them. By turning a critical gaze on these scenes, she comments on the difference between art and ideology, and the problems and dangers of asserting any kind of national identity through imagery of the land.Originally published in 1996.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400864379

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