"'View from the house at Tatton', by Humphry Repton"

P OTTO; N Nedeau-Owen

Journal article

"'View from the house at Tatton', by Humphry Repton"

P OTTO, N Nedeau-Owen

Romantic Circles: A refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture | University of Maryl | Published : 2013

Abstract

Landscape improver Humphry Repton imposes an aristocratic point of view upon the landscape, improving it by making its property borders seem unending. Important to consider is the not said within the said: the absence of the laboring poor, and the complete silence on how the land would have been used to generate wealth.

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