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.

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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.