Country house discourse in early modern England
Subtitle: a cultural study of landscape and legitimacy
By: Kari Boyd McBride.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Country homes in literature; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century; Home economics in literature; Housekeeping in literature; Land tenure in literature; Landscape in literature; Dwellings in literature
Description: "In this study, Kari Boyd McBride defines 'country house discourse' as a network of fictions that articulated and mediated early modern concerns about the right use of land and the social relationships that land engendered. McBride provides new perspectives on the roles of the discourse she identifies, linking it with a number of larger historical shifts during the time period. Her interdisciplinary focus allows her to bring together a wide range of material - including architecture, poetry, oil painting, economic and social history, and proscriptive literature - in order to examine their complex interrelationship, revealing connections unexplored in more narrowly focused studies."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-181) and index.