The West Country as a Literary Invention: Putting Fiction in Its Place
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... railway began to transform the relationship between space and time , centres and regions . There were 2,486 miles of railways built between 1846 and 1848 ; by 1851 , the year of the Great Exhibition , 7,000 miles of railway track had ...
... railway began to transform the relationship between space and time , centres and regions . There were 2,486 miles of railways built between 1846 and 1848 ; by 1851 , the year of the Great Exhibition , 7,000 miles of railway track had ...
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... railway . . . Her farewell to the West is detailed with a similar blend of idealism and the urge for a genuine encounter with the differences between places : You take a last glance from the railway carriage . 28 THE WEST COUNTRY AS A ...
... railway . . . Her farewell to the West is detailed with a similar blend of idealism and the urge for a genuine encounter with the differences between places : You take a last glance from the railway carriage . 28 THE WEST COUNTRY AS A ...
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... railway navvies and regional writers . Nineteenth - century observers of the West Country , whether residents or railway visitors , often look at their region through the spectacles of convention or the rose - tinted spectacles of ...
... railway navvies and regional writers . Nineteenth - century observers of the West Country , whether residents or railway visitors , often look at their region through the spectacles of convention or the rose - tinted spectacles of ...
Contents
The West Country on the Map and in the Mind | 1 |
Trelawny Cruel Coppinger | 43 |
SelfRighteousness | 79 |
Copyright | |
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The West Country as a Literary Invention: Putting Fiction in Its Place Simon Trezise No preview available - 2000 |
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References to this book
In My Own Shire: Region and Belonging in British Writing, 1840-1970 Stephen Wade No preview available - 2002 |
Reinventing King Arthur: The Arthurian Legends in Victorian Culture Inga Bryden No preview available - 2005 |