Landscape and Englishness: Second Expanded Edition (Picturing History)

Synopsis

Landscape Has Been Central To Definitions Of Englishness For Centuries. David Matless Argues That Landscape Has Been The Site Where English Visions Of The Past, Present And Future Have Met In Debates Over Questions Of National Identity, Disputes Over History And Modernity, And Ideals Of Citizenship And The Body. Landscape And Englishness Is Extensively Illustrated And Draws On A Wide Range Of Material – Topographical Guides, Health Manuals, Paintings, Poetry, Architectural Polemic, Photography, Nature Guides And Novels.--publisher Description. Introduction: Versions Of Landscape And Englishness -- Landscape For A New Englishness. Ordering England -- Arts Of Living: Landscape And Citizenship 1918-39 -- Organic England. English Ecologies -- The Organic English Body -- Landscapes Of War And Reconstruction. Landscapes Of War -- Geographies Of The Reconstruction -- Citizens In Reconstruction -- Festivals And Realignments. Landscape And Englishness In An Altered State. David Matless. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.