Country house discourse in early modern England
a cultural study of landscape and legitimacy
by Kari Boyd McBride
"In this study, Kari Boyd McBride defines 'country house discourse' as a network of fictions that articulated and mediated early modern concerns about the right use of land and the social relationships that land engendered. McBride provides new perspectives on the roles of the discourse she identifies, linking it with a number of larger historical shifts during the time period. Her interdisciplinary focus allows her to bring together a wide range of material - including architecture, poetry, oil painting, economic and social history, and proscriptive literature - in order to examine their complex interrelationship, revealing connections unexplored in more narrowly focused studies."--Jacket.
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Country homes in literature, Dwellings in literature, English literature, History, History and criticism, Home economics in literature, Housekeeping in literature, Land tenure in literature, Landscape in literature, Literature and society, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Landscapes in literature, Maisons de campagne dans la littérature, Littérature et société, Histoire, Économie domestique dans la littérature, Travail domestique dans la littérature, Paysages dans la littérature, Habitations dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Early modernPlaces
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-181) and index.
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