Primroses, Preservation and Neo-paganism: Queer Connections to the English Countrysid
Primroses, Preservation and Neo-paganism: Queer Connections to the English Countrysid

Summary/Abstract: This article examines some elements of queer rural life in England between thelate nineteenth and late twentieth centuries. It discusses a selection of queer people whohad a profound relationship to the English countryside and considers how they establishedtheir personal lives in rural contexts and how far their significant interactions withrural England might be said to be queer. Taken together, their lives and work illustratethree themes that will encourage further debate among historians of the queer rural:the creation of queer home in the countryside; a desire for the preservation of nature, thelandscape and rural life; and an ‘alternative’ spiritual connection to nature and the rural.

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