West Country as a Literary Invention: Putting Fiction in Its Place

by Simon Trezise

Book Overview

Is the 'West Country' on the map or in the mind? Is it the south-west peninsula of Britain or a semi-mythical country offering a home for those in pursuit of the romance of wrecking, smuggling and a rural Golden Age? This book investigates these questions in the context of the relationship between place and writing, discussing Thomas Hardy's Wessex; R.D. Blackmore's Exmoor and Lorna Doone; Charles Kingsley, whose Westward Ho , became a Devon place-name,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859895386
• ISBN13: 9780859895385
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"