The Great Good Place: The Country House & English Literature.

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Kelsall connects art, literature, and history to present the evolution of the ideal of the English great house. Writers such as Penshurst, Jonson, Pope, Austen, Byron, Scott, Fielding and more are explored. Shows how the great house is character, not just backdrop, and evolves with other aspects of society. Chapter on Austen.  Illustrations, notes, index, bibliography. Columbia University Press, 1993. Hb, dj. LIKE NEW. USED. $15.00
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