Writing Britain's ruins / edited by Michael Carter, Peter N. Lindfield and Dale Townshend.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, Michael (Historian), editor.

Lindfield, Peter, editor.

Townshend, Dale, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Great Britain--History.

Architecture.

Great Britain.

History.

Architecture, Gothic, in literature.

Architecture, Medieval, in literature.

Ruins in art.

Ruins in literature.

Physical Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : British Library, 2017.

Summary:

Over the course of the long eighteenth century (1700-1850), Britain's ruined medieval or 'Gothic' abbeys, castles and towers became the objects of intense cultural interest. Turning their attention away from Classical to local and national sites of architectural ruin, antiquaries and topographers began to scrutinise and sketch, record and describe the material remains of the British past, an expression of interest in domestic antiquity that was shared by many contemporary painters, poets, writers, politicians and tourists. This new illustrated book traces the ways in which a selection of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ruins served as the objects of continuous cultural reflection between 1700 and 1850, drawing together essays on the antiquarian, poetic, visual, oral, fictional, dramatic, political, legal and touristic responses that they engendered. Thoroughly interdisciplinary in its approach, Writing Britain's Ruins provides an accessible and engaging account of the ways in which Britain's ruins inspired writers, artists and thinkers during a period of extraordinary cultural richness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780712309783

0712309780

OCLC:

986978211

Publisher Number:

99974957049