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American gothic art and architecture in the age of romantic literature / Kerry Dean Carso ; typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dean Carso, Kerry, author.
- Series:
- Gothic literary studies.
- Gothic Literary Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gothic revival (Art).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature analyses the influence of British Gothic novels and historical romances on American art and architecture in the Romantic era.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Back Cover
- Acknowledgements
- List of illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Gothic Monticello: Thomas Jefferson's Garden Narratives
- 2 'Banditti Mania': The Gothic Haunting of Washington Allston
- 3 'Arranging the Trap Doors': The Gothic Revival Castles of Alexander Jackson Davis
- 4 Old Dwellings Transmogrified: The Homes of James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving
- 5 Gothic Castles in the Landscape: Thomas Cole, Sir Walter Scott and the Hudson River School of Painting
- 6 The Theatrical Spectacle of Medieval Revival: Edwin Forrest's Fonthill Castle
- Conclusion 'Clap It Into a Romance': Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic Houses
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 12, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781783161621
- 1783161620
- 9781783161614
- 1783161612
- OCLC:
- 898326676
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