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Jun 9, 2022 · Alun Howkins has cast a critical eye across Kipling’s imaginary rural Sussex, and places him firmly within this tradition: Sharp and Vaughan Williams in music, Thomas [and] the Georgians in literature, Philip Webb and Lutyens in architecture, as well as a host of reformers like Ebenezer Howard, Rider Haggard and the ‘back-to-the-landers’ sought to carry through a similar project.
- Publication History
- The Theme
- Background
- Some Critical Comments
- Notes on The Text
This poem (ORG no. 1043) was first published in 1917 in A Diversity of Creatures with the story “Friendly Brook”. It is collected in: 1. Inclusive Verse(1919) 2. Definitive Verse (1940) 3. Sussex Editionvol. ix p. 65 & vol. xxiv p. 322 4. Burwash Edition, vols. ix and xxvii 5. The Works of Rudyard KiplingWordsworth Poetry Library, 1994 Peter Bellam...
Over the centuries from Roman times to the present day, a Sussex field has changed hands many times. But all the while the local people, who work the land, are its true masters:
In 1902 the Kiplings had settled at Bateman’s in Burwash, in the once densely forested Sussex Weald, which became his home for the rest of his life. As Donald Mackenzie notes, in his Introduction to the ‘Puck’ stories, he swiftly became fascinated by the long and ancient history of his valley, and the evidence everywhere of the people who had lived...
Angus Wilson(p. 285), writes in 1977 of Kipling’s response to the world he found in Sussex: See also “An Habitation Enforced”, in which a wealthy young American couple, the Chapins, settle on a Sussex estate. They adapt themselves happily to a new way of life, but when a bridge is to be built across a stream, soon after their first child is born, G...
[Verse 1] Julius Fabricius, Sub-Prefect of the Weald:We have been unable to trace the position of Sub-Prefect of the Weald, much less a particular holder of the office. Roman Prefects were usually military officers, and by AD 300 the south of England had long been pacified. However, the Romans did have a special interest in the Weald because of the...
Jun 9, 2022 · For Kipling, the rural peasantry held the last traces of real, unadulterated English culture in their folk songs and craft tra- ditions, their dialects (reported phonetically) and their dances ...
Partly this is because peasants are so diverse—representative of “overwhelming heterogeneity,” as Jan Douwe van Der Ploeg puts it. 2 Moreover, for many scholars considering contemporary rural conditions, whether they existed or not is somewhat beside the point: agrarian change and modernization have rendered the peasantry a historical artifact. 3 At the same time as there has been this ...
Dec 15, 2010 · Medieval peasantry has been a subject of much scholarly work since the mid-19th century. To a large extent, the pre–World War I scholarship was characterized by two main trends: (1) a “romantic” nationalist approach, reflecting the wider cultural and political tendencies of the period; (2) a careful, sometimes quasi-philological reliance ...
The first of these common points is that peasants were the most prevalent type of worker in the medieval era. They outnumbered the nobility, clergy, artisans and merchants. Peasants were everywhere. The second is, obviously, that peasants practiced agriculture and animal husbandry. The third is that most peasants resided in rural settings ...
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Abstract. This chapter introduces the theme of the book. Medieval peasants were under pressure, both social and environmental, but were able to make some choices and take advantage of some opportunities. The meaning of the word peasant is discussed, and peasant-centred approach is advocated. The book is concerned with peasants’ ideas and ...
