Description
The proper organisation of rural communities was central to political and social debates at the turn of the eighteenth century, and featured strongly in the 1790s political polemic that influenced so many Romantic poets and novelists. This book investigates the representation of the rural village and country town in a range of Romantic texts.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. The Cottager and 1790s Political Polemic 2. Wordsworth and Community 3. The Gentry and Farming in Jane Austen's Fiction 4. George Crabbe and the Architecture of the Parish 5. Agrarian Reform and the Community in Burns 6. Ebenezer Elliott, the Industrial Revolution and the Rural Village Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Index
