Forms of English History in Literature, Landscape, and Architecture

J. Twyning

Book 1 of Language, Discourse, Society

Language: English

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: Dec 31, 2011

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An exploration of the way English literature has interacted with architectural edifices and the development of landscape as a national style from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. Analyzing texts in relation to cultural artefacts, each chapter demonstrates the self-conscious production of English consciousness as its most enduring history.

About the Author

JOHN TWYNING is associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He is the author of London Dispossessed.