West Country As A Literary Invention: Putting Fiction in its Place - Softcover

Trezise, Simon David

 
9780859895385: West Country As A Literary Invention: Putting Fiction in its Place
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ISBN 10: 0859895386 ISBN 13: 9780859895385
Publisher: University of Exeter Press, 2000

Synopsis



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, Sabine Baring-Gould of Dartmoor and recorder and inventor of West Country folk-tales; Parson Hawker of Morwenstowe, an inventor of the Cornish King Arthur.

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About the Author

The late Simon Trezise was a lecturer in literature at the University of Exeter and had worked as a Tutor-Counsellor for the Open University. He lived and worked in many parts of the West Country.

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Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0859895386
ISBN 13 
9780859895385
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256

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