Rural scenes and national representation: britain, 1815-1850
Auteur :
Helsinger, Elizabeth K.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691608501
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
449 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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 Waterloo. Artists and writers like Cobbett, Clare, Turner, Emily