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A Survey of English Georgic Writing, 1521–2021

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Paddy Bullard
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University of Reading
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This introductory chapter is a headland to the larger field of the history of English georgic writing. It is set aside for a general survey of English georgic viewed through the contexts of agrarian history in the British Isles and of non-literary agricultural writing published over the last five centuries. The aim is to draw out some historical patterns and to fill in some of the literary gaps between chapters. It begins with three contemporary snapshots of British writers demonstrating some of the formal resources the georgic tradition can afford today. Six further sections survey about a century of georgic writing each.

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Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Paddy Bullard, University of Reading
  • Book: A History of English Georgic Writing
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009019507.001
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Paddy Bullard, University of Reading
  • Book: A History of English Georgic Writing
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009019507.001
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Paddy Bullard, University of Reading
  • Book: A History of English Georgic Writing
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009019507.001
Available formats
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