Modernity and the English Rural Novel

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This book examines the persistence of the rural tradition in the English novel into the twentieth century. In the shadow of metropolitan literary culture, rural writing can seem to strive for a fantasy version of England with no compelling social or historical relevance. Dominic Head argues that the apparent disconnection is, in itself, a response to modernity rather than a refusal to engage with it, and that the important writers in this tradition...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1107039134

ISBN13:9781107039131

Release Date:April 2017

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:222 Pages

Weight:1.01 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"

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