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The love of place is endemic in English literature, from the work of the earliest poets and hermits to the suburban celebrations of John Betjeman, covering all varieties of the British rural and urban landscape. This book presents an image of Britain as seen by writers of different regions and periods, and also illuminates the way in which their work has changed our visual attitudes, our taste in landscape and our relation to nature.

A Writer's Britain

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    Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
    Publication Date: 07/09/2009
    ISBN13: 9780500514931, 978-0500514931
    ISBN10: 0500514933

    Number of Pages: 288

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    The love of place is endemic in English literature, from the work of the earliest poets and hermits to the suburban celebrations of John Betjeman, covering all varieties of the British rural and urban landscape. This book presents an image of Britain as seen by writers of different regions and periods, and also illuminates the way in which their work has changed our visual attitudes, our taste in landscape and our relation to nature.

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