Spirits of community : English senses of belonging and loss, 1750-2000 / K.D.M. Snell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snell, K. D. M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, English--History.

Art, English.

Belonging (Social psychology)--England--History.

Belonging (Social psychology).

Community life in literature.

Community life--In art.

Community life.

Community life--England--History--Sources.

Community life--England--History.

England--Social conditions.

England.

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Loss (Psychology)--Social aspects--England--History.

Loss (Psychology).

Social change--England--History.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Concern about the 'decline of community', and the theme of 'community spirit', are internationally widespread in the modern world. The English past has featured many representations of declining community, expressed by those who lamented its loss in quite different periods and in diverse genres. This book analyses how community spirit and the passing of community have been described in the past--whether for good or ill--with an eye to modern issues, such as the so-called 'loneliness epidemic' or the social consequences of alternative structures of community. It does this through examination of authors such as Thomas Hardy, James Wentworth Day, Adrian Bell and H.E. Bates, by appraising detective fiction writers, analysing parish magazines, considering the letter writing of the parish poor in the 18th and 19th centuries, and through the depictions of realist landscape painters such as George Morland. K.D.M. Snell addresses modern social concerns, showing how many current preoccupations had earlier precedents. In presenting past representations of declining communities, and the way these affected individuals of very different political persuasions, the book draws out lessons and examples from the past about what community has meant hitherto, setting into context modern predicaments and judgements about 'spirits of community' today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Writing Back to Community : Home and Friends Among the Poor

2. On the Road out of Community : The Migrant Poor in Painting

3. Parochial Globalisation : The Anglican Community

4. Thomas Hardy and Community : From Village "Quire" to Jude's Obscurity

5. Weeding out Village Life : Detective Fiction and Murderous Community

6. James Wentworth Day and Conservative Ideas of Community

7. Adrian Bell and the East Anglian Farming Community

8. Community Individualised : from H.E. Bates' Cobbled Gloom to the Darling Buds of May.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781474268875

1474268870

9781474268868

1474268862

9781474268851

1474268854

OCLC:

932302802