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The Invention of the English Landscape - c. 1700-1939 (Hardcover)
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The Invention of the English Landscape - c. 1700-1939 (Hardcover)
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Since at least the Reformation, English men and women have been
engaged in visiting, exploring and portraying, in words and images,
the landscape of their nation. The Discovery of England examines
these journeys and investigations to explore how the natural and
historic English landscape was reconfigured to become a widely
enjoyed cultural and leisure resource. Peter Borsay considers the
manifold forces behind this transformation, such as the rise of
consumer culture, the media, industrial and transport revolutions,
the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and the Gothic revival. In doing
so, he reveals the development of a powerful bond between landscape
and natural identity, against the backdrop of social and political
change from the early modern period to the start of the Second
World War. Borsay’s interdisciplinary approach demonstrates how
human understandings of the natural world shaped the geography of
England, and uncovers a wealth of valuable material, from novels
and poems to paintings, that expose historical understandings of
the landscape. This innovative approach illuminates how the English
countryside and historic buildings became cultural icons behind
which the nation was rallied during war-time, and explores the
emergence of a post-war heritage industry that is now a definitive
part of British cultural life.
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