![]() It presents new perspectives on the "English" flora and fauna that feature in literature, parks, allotments and suburban gardens. ![]() It interrogates the idea that country houses are models for civilised living or that moorlands are places of freedom. The book questions the countryside's reputation as a retreat from urban life. In particular, the book argues that Black and British Asian writers have challenged narrow, nostalgic views of rural England but also expressed attachment to English landscapes and the natural world. It also examines four centuries of literary response to explore how race, class and gender have both created and deconstructed England's pastoral mythologies. The book presents historical evidence to show that rural England was a place of conflict and global expansion. "Green Unpleasant Land explores the countryside's repressed colonial past and demonstrates its importance as a source of ideas about Englishness. ![]() ©2020 Physical Description: 324 pages 24 cm Holdings: Reference Library PN56.I4 (LC) Accessible in the Reference Library Note: Please contact the Reference Library to schedule an appointment [Email Full Orbis Record: Classification: Books Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. ![]() ![]() Green unpleasant land : creative responses to rural England's colonial connections Published/Created: Leeds, England : Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2020. Green unpleasant land : creative responses to rural Britain's colonial connections / Corinne Fowler. ![]()
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