Main entry:

Turner, James, 1947-

Title & Author:

The politics of landscape : rural scenery and society in English poetry, 1630-1660 / James Turner.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1979.

Description:

xiii, 237 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the poetry of place -- The ideal form of landscape: new developments in seventeenth-century art and their effect on English writing -- Green thought: social and intellectual applications of the concept of landscape -- Long views: prospect and historical perspective in two poems of place -- The happy state: the politics of land and landscape -- Country values: villainy and innocence in the economic life of the countryside -- The vanishing swain: literary depictions of rural labour -- Conclusion: beginning theory.

ISBN:

0674689305
9780674689305

Subject:

English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.
Landscapes in literature.
Literature and society Great Britain History 17th century.
Political poetry, English History and criticism.
Pastoral poetry, English History and criticism.
Rural conditions in literature.
Country life in literature.
Poésie anglaise 17e siècle Histoire et critique.
Paysages dans la littérature.
Vie rurale dans la littérature.
Littérature et société Grande-Bretagne Histoire 17e siècle.
Poésie politique anglaise Histoire et critique.
Conditions rurales dans la littérature.
Poésie pastorale anglaise Histoire et critique.
English poetry Early modern
Literature and society
Pastoral poetry, English
Political poetry, English
Landleben
Lyrik
Politik
Great Britain
Englisch.
Geschichte 1500-1700

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37617
Call No.: ID:88-B8559
Status: Available