In this chapter from his 1964 book The Machine in the Garden, Leo Marx examines American pastoral, Elizabethan travel narratives, and Shakespeare’s Tempest.
“Even in the sixteenth century the American countryside was the object of something like a calculated real estate promotion… fashionable tendencies in the arts helped to popularize the image of a new earthly paradise.” – Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden
Text:
Leo Marx, “Shakespeare’s American Pastoral”, from The Machine in the Garden (1964). We will focus on Section 1 (pp.34-46), but do read further if you have time. (PDF)
Time and Place:
- 13:00-14:00
- Wed 23 Oct 2019
- Arts 439 (Shackleton Room, 4th floor of the Arts building)
Please contact d.butchard@bham.ac.uk if you have any difficulty accessing the readings. You may need a Birmingham ID and password to download PDFs.
About the Postgraduate Seminar:
This is an informal weekly reading group within the Department of English Literature. There will be tea, coffee and biscuits and you are very welcome.
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