Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION. LAND AND THE NATION 1
6. PART I. ICONS AND AUDIENCES
7. ONE. CONSTABLE: THE MAKING OF A NATIONAL PAINTER 41
8. TWO. OUT OF THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY: TENNYSON’S ENGLISH IDYLS 65
9. PART II. CONTESTED GROUND
10. THREE. COBBETT’S RADICAL HUSBANDRY 103
11. FOUR. CLARE AND THE PLACE OF THE PEASANT POET 141
12. FIVE. TURNER’S ENGLAND AND WALES 162
13. SIX. BRONTE’S GHOSTS 175
14. RETROSPECT. ELIOT’S RISKY HISTORY 217
15. NOTES 239
16. INDEX 283
17. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 291