Rural Ritual, Gardened Faith: Ford Madox Ford's Memorial Plots

• Published in: Modernist cultures Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 242
• Main Author: Walters, Harriet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Biographies; Ford, Ford Madox (1873-1939); Friendship; Gardens & gardening; Impressionism; Innovations; Memorials & monuments; Narratives; Rites & ceremonies; Rituals; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural life; Rural poverty; Rurality

This article examines the importance of the working country garden to the memorial narratives of Ford Madox Ford. It begins with a study of Ford before the Great War; considering how his particular brand of Literary Impressionism was frequently used to make a case for memorializing the rural poor an...