British Labouring-Class Nature Poetry, 1730-1837

British Labouring-Class Nature Poetry, 1730-1837 PDF Author: B. Keegan
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230583903
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Book Description
This study shows how poets worked within and against the available forms of nature writing to challenge their place within physical, political, and cultural landscapes. Looking at the treatment of different ecosystems, it argues that writing about the environment allowed labouring-class poets to explore important social and aesthetic questions.