The writing of rural England, 1500-1800 /

The writing of rural England, 1500-1800 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Description:	xxxiv, 276 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700. Country life -- Literary collections. Rural conditions -- Literary collections. Country homes -- Literary collections. Country life -- England -- Sources. English literature -- 18th century. Landscape -- Literary collections. Gardens -- Literary collections. Country homes. Country life. English literature. English literature -- Early modern. Gardens. Landscapes. Rural conditions. Rural conditions -- Sources. England -- Rural conditions -- Sources. England -- Literary collections. England. Literature. Literary collections. Sources.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4960815

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Other authors / contributors:	Bending, Stephen. McRae, Andrew.
ISBN:	1403912769
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-272) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Feudalism and Beyond: The Anxiety of Change
The Discovery of Landscape
The Country House
Merry England: Property, Pastoral and Rural Pleasures
The Georgic Imperative: Labour, Thrift, Improvement
Property and Oppression: Voices from the Margins
Gardens: Public and Private Pleasures