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Gothic architecture and sexuality in the circle of Horace Walpole / Matthew M. Reeve.
LIBRA NA966.5.G66 R44 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reeve, Matthew M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Friends and associates.
- Walpole, Horace.
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Homes and haunts--England--London.
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Art collections.
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England).
- Gothic revival (Architecture)--England.
- Gothic revival (Architecture).
- Homosexuality and architecture--England--History--18th century.
- Homosexuality and architecture.
- Art--Private collections.
- Friendship.
- Homes.
- History.
- Art museums.
- Friends and associates.
- England.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Addresses the question of how and why Horace Walpole and the men of his circle promoted the Gothic style in art, architecture, and literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The new medievalism : constructing the Gothic in the circle of Horace Walpole
- Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill
- Queer family romance in the Strawberry Hill collection
- Dicky Bateman and the Gothicization of Old Windsor
- "The spirit of Strawberry-castle" : Donnington Grove, the Vyne, and Lee Priory
- From Strawberry Hill Gothic to the Gothic revivial.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271085883
- 0271085886
- OCLC:
- 1121289036
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