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Author : J. H. Bettey
Release : 1980
Genre : Landscape assessment
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Book Rating : 979/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Landscape of Wessex by : J. H. Bettey
Download or read book The Landscape of Wessex written by J. H. Bettey. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Aston
Release : 1994
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Medieval Landscape of Wessex by : Michael Aston
Download or read book The Medieval Landscape of Wessex written by Michael Aston. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wessex formed the heartland of Alfred the Great's kingdom, and continued to wield immense economic power long into the Middle Ages with many extensive and wealthy royal and ecclelesiastical estates. Contributors to this collection of 13 papers on the medieval landscape of Wessex include: B Eagles (The Archaeological evidence for settlement in the 5th to 7th centuries); D Hinton (The archaeology of 8th- to 11th-century Wessex); P Hase (The Church in the Wessex heartlands); D Hooke (The administrative and settlement framework of early medieval Wessex); M Costen (Settlement in Wessex in the 10th century); J Bond (Forests, chases, warrens and parks); J Hare (Agriculture and settlement in Wiltshire and Hampshire); C Lewis (The medieval settlment of Wiltshire); M Hughes (Towns and villages in medieval Hampshire); C Taylor (The regular village plan); M Aston (Medieval settlement in Somerset); S Rippon (Medieval wetland reclamation); R Croft (Protecting medieval settlement sites).
Author : Hadrian Cook
Release : 2024-04-04
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 367/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Wessex: A Landscape History by : Hadrian Cook
Download or read book Wessex: A Landscape History written by Hadrian Cook. This book was released on 2024-04-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wessex is famous for its coasts, heaths, woodlands, chalk downland, limestone hills and gorges, settlements and farmed vales. This book provides an account of the physical form, development and operation of its landscape as it was shaped by our ancestors. Major themes include the development of agriculture, settlements, industry and transport.
Author : Tony Fincham
Release : 2010
Genre : Walking
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Book Rating : 994/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hardy's Landscape Revisited by : Tony Fincham
Download or read book Hardy's Landscape Revisited written by Tony Fincham. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hardy was a landscape novelist, who painted enduring pictures of a real outdoor world that formed the stage upon which his characters lived out their tragic lives. Incorporating extracts from Hardy's poems and novels such as Return of the Native, Far From the Madding Crowd and Under the Greenwood Tree, this book consists of a series of walks through Hardy's landscapes. It allows the reader to appreciate not only the beauty and wonder of the natural world but also the unique contribution that Thomas Hardy has made to our ability to interpret that world. Hardy's landscapes are at once specific and general; based on real places and scenes, but purposefully distanced and disguised. The author argues that Hardy's Wessex is actually a very narrow territory and in doing so he calls into question a number of accepted identifications of Wessex locations and proposes new ones. Follow in the footsteps of Jude, Tess and Clym and live and breathe the very essence of Thomas Hardy's world."--Publisher's description.
Author : Dale Kramer
Release : 1999-06-24
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 550/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy by : Dale Kramer
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy written by Dale Kramer. This book was released on 1999-06-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Hardy's fiction has had a remarkably strong appeal for general readers for decades, and his poetry has been acclaimed as among the most influential of the twentieth century. His work still creates passionate advocacy and opposition. The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy is an essential introduction to this most enigmatic of writers. These commissioned essays from an international team of contributors comprises a general overview of all Hardy' s work and specific demonstrations of Hardy's ideas and literary skills. Individual essays explore Hardy's biography, aesthetics, his famous attachment to Wessex, and the impact on his work of developments in science, religion and philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Hardy's writing is also analysed against developments in contemporary critical theory and issues such as sexuality and gender. The volume also contains a detailed chronology of Hardy's life and publications, and a guide to further reading.
