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An edition of The country and the city (1973)

The country and the city

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This book is a sustained and thoroughgoing attempt to relate English literature to its social background. This book has given us a right and timely admonition against sentimental falsifications of rural life and of nature. - Back cover.

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
335

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Subjects
History and criticism, Country life in literature, City and town life in literature, English literature, Cities and towns in literature, open_syllabus_project, Vie urbaine, Vie urbaine dans la littérature, Histoire et critique, Vie rurale, Vie rurale dans la littérature, Dans la littérature, Littérature anglaise, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century

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Cover of: The country and the city
The country and the city
1985, Hogarth Press
in English
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Cover of: The country and the city
The country and the city
1975, Oxford University Press
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The country and the city
1975, Paladin
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Cover of: The country and the city.
The country and the city.
1973, Oxford University Press
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The country and the city
1973, Chatto and Windus
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Table of Contents

Country and city
A problem of perspective
Pastoral and counter-pastoral
Golden ages
Town and country
Their destiny their choice
The morality of improvement
Nature's threads
Bred to till the earth
Enclosures, commons and communities
Three around Farnham
Pleasing prospects
The green language
Change in the city
People of the city
Knowable communities
The shadowed country
Wessex and the border
Cities of darkness and of light
The figure in the city
Surviving countrymen
The border again
The city and the future
The new metropolis
Cities and countries

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.

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Library of Congress
PR409.C5 W5 1973, PR409.C5 W5, PR409.C5

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
335 p.
Number of pages
335
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL16893267M
Internet Archive
countrycity00will
ISBN 10
0195198107
ISBN 13
9780195198102
LCCN
72098128
Library Thing
110437
Goodreads
184043

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