Mapping the Wessex novel [[electronic resource] ] : landscape, history and the parochial in British literature, 1870-1940 / / Andrew Radford

• Autore: Radford Andrew D. <1972->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.8099427
• Soggetto topico: English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Landscapes in literature; Local history in literature; Regionalism in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Wessex (England) In literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Mapping the Wessex novel
• ISBN: 1-282-76571-X; 9786612765711; 1-4411-4833-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785668703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum literary studies.