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This collection of essays examines the representations of the English countryside and its mutations, and what they reveal about a nation's, communities' or individuals' search for identity - and fear of losing it. Based on a pluridisciplinary approach and a variety of media (including press, films, paintings, music and poetry), the book challenges the view that the English countryside is an apolitical space characterised by permanence and lack of conflict, and analyses how the pastoral motif is actually subverted to explore liminal spaces and temporalities. The English Countryside: Representations, Identities, Mutations deconstructs the "rural idyll" myth to show how it plays so distinctive and yet so ambiguous a part in defining Englishness/Britishness. A must read for both scholars and students interested in British rural and cultural history, media studies and literature.

Book details

• Full title: English Countryside
• Author: David Haigron
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 273
• EAN: 9783319532721
• ISBN: 3319532723
• ID: 15730093
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Weight: 496 g
• Dimensions: 157 × 219 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. August 2017

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