| The Invention of the Countryside: Hunting, Walking and Ecology in English Literature, 1671-1831 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Landry, Donna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349427292 ISBN-13: 9781349427291 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Nature | Ecology - Sports & Recreation |
| Dewey: 820.932 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (1.74 lbs) 306 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today's hunting debate began in the eighteenth century, when the idea of the countryside was being invented through the imaginative displacement of agricultural production in favour of country sports and landscape tourism. Between the Game Act of 1671 and its repeal in 1831, writers on walking and hunting often held opposed views, but contributed equally to the origins of modern ecology, while sharing a commitment to trespass that preserved common rights in an era of growing privatization. |
