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Green Unpleasant Land: Creative Responses to Rural England's Colonial Connections by Corinne Fowler is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Green Unpleasant Land explores the countryside's repressed colonial past and demonstrates its importance as a source of ideas about Englishness. The book presents historical evidence to show that rural England was a place of conflict and global expansion. It also examines four centuries of literary response to explore how race, class and gender have both created and deconstructed England's pastoral mythologies. In particular, the book argues that Black and British Asian writers have challenged narrow, nostalgic views of rural England but also expressed attachment to English landscapes and the natural world. The book questions the countryside's reputation as a retreat from urban life. It interrogates the idea that country houses are models for civilised living or that moorlands are places of freedom. It presents new perspectives on the "English" flora and fauna that feature in literature, parks, allotments and suburban gardens. The book reconsiders a range of rural locations through the lens of British colonial involvement, including East India Company activity and the slavery business. The book connects England's outward-reaching histories to what was happening in the countryside:

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Author

Corinne Fowler

Publisher

Peepal Tree Press, Limited

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781845234829

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Political Science, History

Rating

4.4 / 5 (58 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14