Landscape and National Identities

Presenter Information

Douglas Murray, Belmont University

Location

Massey Board Room

Presentation Type

Presentation

Start Date

15-9-2009 11:00 AM

Description

This illustrated talk will trace the use of particular landscapes as metonyms for national identity: Blake's "green and pleasant land" of England, the "forty shades of green" of Ireland, the "amber waves of grain" of the provocatively-named American "heartland." We will examine patriotic songs, landscape poetry, landscape painting and the iconographic meanings of Monument Valley, used in Westerns to symbolize the heroic American character.

Comments

Convocation Credit: Academic Lecture

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Sep 15th, 11:00 AM

Landscape and National Identities

Massey Board Room

This illustrated talk will trace the use of particular landscapes as metonyms for national identity: Blake's "green and pleasant land" of England, the "forty shades of green" of Ireland, the "amber waves of grain" of the provocatively-named American "heartland." We will examine patriotic songs, landscape poetry, landscape painting and the iconographic meanings of Monument Valley, used in Westerns to symbolize the heroic American character.