The Country and the City
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The Country and the City is a seminal work of cultural and literary criticism by Raymond Williams that examines how English literature has represented rural and urban life from the 16th century to the modern era.
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| The Country and the City canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of cultural criticism ⓘ work of literary criticism ⓘ |
| author | Raymond Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
city as modernity
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country-house tradition in literature ⓘ pastoral ⓘ |
| examines |
English rural-urban relations
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ideology of the city ⓘ industrialization in England ⓘ myth of the rural idyll ⓘ social change in England ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of poetry
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close readings of English novels ⓘ historical commentary ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-pastoral
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left-wing ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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literary geography ⓘ rural studies ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
English literature
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representations of the city ⓘ representations of the countryside ⓘ rural life in literature ⓘ urban life in literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of class relations in literature
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critique of nostalgic ruralism ⓘ historical mapping of country-city representations ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Culture and Society
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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInContextOf |
English social history
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development of capitalism in England ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
Marxist cultural analysis
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historical materialism ⓘ |
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