The English Countryside Representations, Identities, Mutations
This collection of essays examines representations of the English countryside and its mutations, and what they reveal about a nation’s, communities’ or individuals’ search for identity – and fear of losing it. Based on a pluridisciplinary approach and a v
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Representations, Identities, Mutations
Edited by DAVID HAIGRON
The English Countryside
David Haigron Editor
The English Countryside Representations, Identities, Mutations
Editor David Haigron UFR Langues—Département d’anglais Université Rennes 2 Rennes, France
ISBN 978-3-319-53272-1 ISBN 978-3-319-53273-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53273-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017938155 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Image credit: Photos by R A Kearton/Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Introduction 1 David Haigron Part I Rural Communities and Modernity: The English Countryside as an Invested Space 2
Rural Protest in England 35 Brendan Prendiville
3 Agents, Beneficiaries and Victims: Picturing People on the Land 61 Jonathan Bignell and Jeremy Burchardt 4
Visions of Rurality in Popular British Fictional Television Series from the 1970s to the Present Day 83 Renée Dickason
Part II Praised Harmony and Revealing Dissonance: The English Countryside as a Resonant Space 5
Rural Landscape in Patrick Keiller’s Robinson in Space 115 and Robinson in Ruins Georges Fournier v
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London’s Parks, Suburbs and Environs: The English Countryside through the Eyes of French Visitors (1814–1914) 137 Richard Tholoniat
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Myths of ‘Old England’ Revisited: Thomas Hardy’s Dissonant Representations of Rural Spaces in Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd, and the Woodlanders 157 Thierry Goater
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Going and Staying: Traditional Music in the Poetry of Thomas Hardy 175 Dennis Siler
Part III Exploration and Meani
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