Mapping the Wessex novel : landscape, history and the parochial in British literature, 1870-1940 / Andrew Radford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radford, Andrew, 1972-

Series:

Continuum literary studies.

Continuum literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Landscapes in literature.

Local history in literature.

Regionalism in literature.

Wessex (England)--In literature.

Wessex (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By discussing the work of Thomas Hardy, Richard Jefferies, John Cowper Powys and Mary Butts, Mapping the Wessex Novel imaginatively maps and excavates various districts of the 'west country' so as radically to redefine the 'parochial'; while being keenly aware of their own status as natives locked into complex histories of self-exile and return, estrangement and ardent identification. Contributing to the growing research on space and place in Victorian and Modernist writing, Radford uses the analysis of these writers as a lens through which to inspect the relationship between rural periphery

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Hardy's Heathens; 3 Archaeophobia: A Fear of Old Things; 4 Mystical Secrets and Lies; 5 The Return of the Nativist; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612765711

9781282765719

128276571X

9781441148339

1441148337

OCLC:

671632614