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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Main Author: Helsinger, Elizabeth K., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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