Author: William John Keith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780608146270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The rural tradition
Author: William John Keith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780608146270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780608146270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Meaning and Force of the Rural Tradition in the American Mind
Author: Paul E. Harshman (Jr)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Rural Tradition
Author: William J. Keith
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487586329
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
'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.'
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487586329
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
'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.'
The Good Old Days
Author: Ideals Publications Inc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780824940614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780824940614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
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.
The Rural Tradition in the English Novel
Author: Glen Cavaliero
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780333218006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780333218006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Traditional Houses of Rural Spain
Author: Bill Laws
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780789200570
Category : Farmhouses
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780789200570
Category : Farmhouses
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Mud, Mirror and Thread
Author: Nora Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780944142677
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780944142677
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Invention of Tradition
Author: Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521437738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521437738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.
The rural tradition
Author: W. j Keith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Rural Tradition
Author: William John Keith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855270834
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855270834
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description