The Invention of the Countryside : Hunting, Walking and Ecology in English Literature, 1671–1831
by
Donna Landry
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0333961544
ISBN-13
9780333961544
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
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Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 21st, 2001
Print length
306 Pages
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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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.
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.
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