{"product_id":"the-country-myth-jzrgen-klein-9783631426739","title":"The Country Myth: Motifs in the British Novel from Defoe to Smollett","description":"Focusing on Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Goldsmith, and Smollett, this anthology assembles major studies of the dominant motifs in their novels, among them, London, masquerades, the law, sex, the pilgrimage, and the country house. Together the motifs constitute a mythic journey from the city to the green, golden world of the country.\u003cbr\u003eWhy the myth ends in the country is the question posed in the editor's opening chapter. A reinterpretation based on recent historical scholarship, it relates the myth's urban and rural poles to the politics of the opposition, the Country Party. Professor Hahn's country thesis suggests that the novel, affirming the values of the landed gentry, is a declaration of conservative romanticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jürgen Klein,H. George Hahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3631426739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783631426739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jürgen Klein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48486961479935,"sku":"9783631426739","price":111.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_710fe450-1daa-4648-bcbd-764277a18bf6.jpg?v=1778057419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-country-myth-jzrgen-klein-9783631426739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}