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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781334303321

Titolo

Conjuring the real [[electronic resource] ] : the role of architecture in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century fiction / / edited by Rumiko Handa and James Potter ; foreword by Iain Borden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-14639-8

9786613146397

0-8032-3542-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HandaRumiko <1955->

PotterJames J

Disciplina

700/.457

Soggetti

Symbolism in architecture

Architecture in literature

Architecture in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Iain Borden -- Introduction / Rumiko Handa -- "All that life can afford"? perspectives on the screening of historic literary London / Ian Christie -- Architecture in historical fiction: a historical and comparative study / Michael Alexander -- Norman Abbey as romantic mise-en-scene: St. Georges de Boscherville in historical representation / Stephen Bann -- Performing history on the Victorian stage / Richard Schoch -- Shops and subjects / Andrew Ballantyne -- Pride and prejudice: establishing historical connections among the arts / Josh Silvers and Toby D. Olsen.

Sommario/riassunto

Collection of lectures by distinguished scholars about the uses of architecture in literature, film, and theater.