Setting and Description in R. D. Blackmore's Works (original) (raw)

• "Scenic descriptions . . . invested with a poetic glamour" — Baker and Packman
• John Ridd at work in the landscape — counterpointing description and story-telling
• "Word-scapes" (word-painting) almost always of specific British counties: Devon, Glamorganshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Yorkshire
• Local Dialect in Lorna Doone — an example
• John Ridd visits London

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Last modified 8 June 2007