Northern Landscapes: Representations and Realities of North-East EnglandTom E. Faulkner, Helen Berry, Jeremy Gregory A rich, detailed and well-illustrated overview of the landscape of the North East of England. How distinctive is the landscape of the North East of England? How far does its distinctive nature contribute to the region's regional identity? These are key questions addressed by this book. Covering a wide range of subjects including country house landscapes, village landscapes and "townscapes", including coverage of how the region's landscape has been perceived and represented in literature and art, and approaching the subject from a wide range of perspectives including historical, literary, archaeological, art-historical and geographical, the book provides a rich, detailed and well-illustrated overview of the landscape of the North East of England. It demonstrates that this landscape is more subtle, layered and varied than is often supposed, and that stereotypes that the region is grimly industrial and dominated by coal-mining are wrong. Overall, besides much interesting detail and many new research findings, the book vividly evokes the landscapes and the spirit of place of the North East. Dr THOMAS FAULKNER is Visiting Fellow, School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle; Dr HELEN BERRY is Reader in Early Modern History, School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle; Dr JEREMY GREGORY is Senior Lecturer, Dept. Religions and Theology, University of Manchester. Contributors: S. M. COUSINS, A. W. PURDUE, S. A. CAUNCE, STEVEN DESMOND, JUDITH BETNEY, VERONICA GOULTY, FIONA GREEN, ADRIAN GREEN, WINIFRED STOKES, HILARY J. GRAINGER, MARTIN ROBERTS, GILLIAN COOKSON, THOMAS FAULKNER, LINDA POLLEY, HELEN BERRY, HUGH DIXON, JAN HEWITT, LAURA NEWTON. |
Contents
A Retrogressive Study | 25 |
The landed Estate and the Making of the Northumberland | 41 |
A Walk through Hardwick Gardens | 69 |
Pleasure Profit and Protection at | 83 |
Making Private Parks Public | 109 |
Houses and landscape in Early Industrial County Durham | 125 |
Housing the Durham Pitman in the Nineteenth Century | 141 |
The Riverbanks of | 173 |
The Darlington landscape | 193 |
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Northern Landscapes: Representations and Realities of North-East England Tom E. Faulkner,Helen Berry,Jeremy Gregory No preview available - 2010 |