Cusack, T: Riverscapes and National Identities: Space, Place and Society
Autor Tricia Cusacken Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mar 2019
In this highly original book, Tricia Cusak explores significance of painted riverscapes to the creation of national identities in nineteenth and early twentieth century Europe and America. Focusing on five rivers, the Hudson, the Volga, the Seine, the Thames, and the Shannon, the author outlines the history of the development of national landscapes, elaborating on the distinctive nature of riverscapes. Drawing on the symbolic potential of rivers to represent life and time, the riverscape provided a metaphor for the mythic stream of national history flowing unimpeded out of the past and into the future.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780815629047
ISBN-10: 0815629044
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 218 x 231 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Syracuse University Press
Seria Space, Place and Society
ISBN-10: 0815629044
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 218 x 231 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Syracuse University Press
Seria Space, Place and Society
Notă biografică
Tricia Cusack is a lecturer at the Centre for European Languages and Cultures at the University of Birmingham. She coedited Art, Nation and Gender: Ethnic Landscapes, Myths and Mother-Figures and has published numerous articles in anthologies and journals including National Identities, Nations and Nationalism, and Art History.
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In this highly original book, Tricia Cusak explores the significance of painted riverscapes to the creation of national identities in nineteenth and early twentieth century Europe and America. Focusing on five rivers, the author outlines the history of the development of national landscapes, elaborating on the distinctive nature of riverscapes.