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  A Writer's Britain: Landscape in Literature (Hardback) By (author) Margaret Drabble

  

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  Short Description for A Writer's BritainThe love of place is endemic in English literature, from the work of the earliest poets and hermits to the suburban celebrations of John Betjeman, covering all varieties of the British rural and urban landscape. This book presents an image of Britain as seen by writers of different regions and periods.
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  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Published: 28 September 2009
  • Format: Hardback 288 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: General
  • ISBN 13: 9780500514931 ISBN 10: 0500514933
  • Sales rank: 198,349

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Full description for A Writer's Britain

• The love of place is endemic in English literature, from the work of the earliest poets and hermits to the suburban celebrations of John Betjeman, covering all varieties of the British rural and urban landscape. This book presents an image of Britain as seen by writers of different regions and periods, and also illuminates the way in which their work has changed our visual attitudes, our taste in landscape and our relation to nature.