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The invention of the English landscape : c. 1700-1939 / Peter Borsay with Rosemary Sweet

Borsay, Peter, 1950-2020 [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Sweet, Rosemary [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender]

London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023

x, 289 Seiten : Illustrationen

Englisch

Erscheint auch als: The Invention of the English Landscape / Borsay, Peter (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-350-03167-8 (HB)

978-1-350-03165-4 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff); 978-1-350-03166-1 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2023015547

9781350031678

OCoLC: 1394959683     

HG 430  | ZH 9610      Ähnliche Literatur

GF551

304.2094109/03 ; 304.20941

*Großbritannien ; Entdeckung ; Landschaft ; Geschichte 1700-1939     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Landscapes -- Great Britain -- History ; Heritage tourism -- Great Britain -- History ; Leisure -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History ; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Great Britain ; Great Britain -- Environmental conditions -- History

20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.) ; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 ; British & Irish history ; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 ; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain ; HISTORY / General ; HISTORY / Modern / General ; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 ; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte ; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien

Since at least the Reformation, English men and women have been engaged in visiting, exploring and portraying, in words and images, the landscape of their nation. The Invention of the English Landscape examines these journeys and investigations to explore how the natural and historic English landscape was reconfigured to become a widely enjoyed cultural and leisure resource.Peter Borsay considers the manifold forces behind this transformation, such as the rise of consumer culture, the media, industrial and transport revolutions, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and the Gothic revival. In doing so, he reveals the development of a powerful bond between landscape and natural identity, against the backdrop of social and political change from the early modern period to the start of the Second World War. Borsay s interdisciplinary approach demonstrates how human understandings of the natural world shaped the geography of England, and uncovers a wealth of valuable material, from novels and poems to paintings, that expose historical understandings of the landscape. This innovative approach illuminates how the English countryside and historic buildings became cultural icons behind which the nation was rallied during war-time, and explores the emergence of a post-war heritage industry that is now a definitive part of British cultural life