Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011.

Description:

xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
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-scène: 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.

Summary:

'Conjuring the Real' traces the genealogy of the representational role of architecture, going back through the history of film and then further in literature, art and theatre.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780803217430 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0803217439 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Symbolism in architecture.
Architecture in literature.
Architecture in art.
Symbolisme en architecture.
Architecture dans la littérature.
Architecture dans l'art.
Art and Design.
Architektur.
Motiv.
Symbolik.
Architekturzeichnung.
Illustration.
Arkitektur i litteraturen.
Arkitektur i konsten.

Added entries:

Handa, Rumiko, 1955-
Potter, James J.
Borden, Iain.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 272562
Call No.: BIB 205945
Status: Available