The rural tradition
Title | The rural tradition PDF eBook |
Author | William John Keith |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780608146270 |
The Rural Tradition in the English Novel, 1900-1939
Title | The Rural Tradition in the English Novel, 1900-1939 PDF eBook |
Author | Glen Cavaliero |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Good Old Days
Title | The Good Old Days PDF eBook |
Author | Ideals Publications Inc |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 168 |
Release | 1995-03 |
Genre | Country life |
ISBN | 9780824940614 |
A collection of the poetry, photography, artwork, essays, music, and recipes reflecting traditional rural life in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
Traditional Houses of Rural Spain
Title | Traditional Houses of Rural Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Laws |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 160 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Farmhouses |
ISBN | 9780789200570 |
Mud, Mirror and Thread
Title | Mud, Mirror and Thread PDF eBook |
Author | Nora Fisher |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2007-07-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780944142677 |
The Rural Tradition
Title | The Rural Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Keith |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | 523 |
Release | 1974-12-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1487586329 |
'There is probably no single quality or characteristic – besides love of the countryside – that must inevitably distinguish a rural writer,' notes W.J. Keith. However, 'what distinguishes rural writing that belongs to literature from that belonging to natural history, agricultural history, etc., is, as Richard E. Haymaker has observed, the writer's "means of revealing Nature as well as describing her"...In the final analysis the rural essayist paints neither landscapes nor self-portraits; instead he communicates the subtle relationship between himself and his environment, offering for our inspection his own attitudes and his own vision. We may be asked to look or to agree, but more than anything else we are invited to share. Ultimately, then, the best rural writing may be said to provide us, in a phrase adapted from Robert Langbaum, with a prose of experience.' Keith argues that non-fiction rural prose should be recognized as a distinct literary tradition that merits serious critical attention. In this book he tests the cogency of thinking in terms of a 'rural tradition,' examines the critical problems inherent in such writing, and traces significant continuities between rural writers. Eleven of the more important and influential writers from the seventeenth century to modern times come under individual scrutiny: Izaak Walton, Gilbert White, William Cobbett, Mary Russell Mitford, George Borrow, Richard Jefferies, George Sturt/'George Bourne', W.H. Hudson, Edward Thomas Williamson, and H.J. Massingham. In examining these writers within the context of the rural tradition, Keith rescues their works from the literary attic where they have too often been relegated as awkward misfits. When studied together, each throws fascinating light on the others and is seen to fit into a loose but nonetheless discernible 'line.'
Traditional Houses of Rural Britain
Title | Traditional Houses of Rural Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Rice |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 168 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |