The Invention of the Countryside: Hunting, Walking and Ecology in English Literature, 1671–1831

Landry, Donna

Today's hunting debate began in the eighteenth century, when the idea of the countryside was being invented through the imaginative displacement of agricultural production in favour of country sports and landscape tourism. Between the Game Act of 1671 and its repeal in 1831, writers on walking and hunting often held opposed views, but contributed equally to the origins of modern ecology, while sharing a commitment to trespass that preserved common rights in an era of growing privatization.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-08-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333961544

DOI: 10.1057/9780230287570

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 306