Travel writing and the renegotiation of the English landscape, 1760-1800

In this paper it is illustrated that late eighteenth-century English travel guidebook writers promoted idyllic rural landscapes that met or were created to meet picturesque tastes while concurrently advocating the alteration of regional landscapes by means of agriculture, industry and transportation...

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Main Author: Forbes, Lisa Catherine
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3432
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-BVAU.2429-34322014-03-26T03:35:24Z Travel writing and the renegotiation of the English landscape, 1760-1800 Forbes, Lisa Catherine Tourism England In this paper it is illustrated that late eighteenth-century English travel guidebook writers promoted idyllic rural landscapes that met or were created to meet picturesque tastes while concurrently advocating the alteration of regional landscapes by means of agriculture, industry and transportation routes. While the impulses behind nostalgic and developed landscapes are at cross-purposes, both were concepts used by guidebook authors to renegotiate perceptions of their local regions: the former to exhibit regional beauties and marvels by appealing to the prevailing aesthetics, the latter to combat stereotypes of backwardness, reframing regional identities within national trends of development and "improvement." In this way late eighteenth-century travel guidebooks afford an interesting perspective on the rural English landscape of that period and how it was seen, experienced and represented by local promoters. 2009-01-09T17:42:12Z 2009-01-09T17:42:12Z 2008 2009-01-09T17:42:12Z 2009-05 Electronic Thesis or Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3432 eng University of British Columbia
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Forbes, Lisa Catherine
Travel writing and the renegotiation of the English landscape, 1760-1800
description In this paper it is illustrated that late eighteenth-century English travel guidebook writers promoted idyllic rural landscapes that met or were created to meet picturesque tastes while concurrently advocating the alteration of regional landscapes by means of agriculture, industry and transportation routes. While the impulses behind nostalgic and developed landscapes are at cross-purposes, both were concepts used by guidebook authors to renegotiate perceptions of their local regions: the former to exhibit regional beauties and marvels by appealing to the prevailing aesthetics, the latter to combat stereotypes of backwardness, reframing regional identities within national trends of development and "improvement." In this way late eighteenth-century travel guidebooks afford an interesting perspective on the rural English landscape of that period and how it was seen, experienced and represented by local promoters.
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