Description
From the gothic fantasies of Walpole's Otranto to post-modern takes on the country house by Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, Phyllis Richardson guides us on a tour through buildings real and imagined to examine how authors' personal experiences helped to shape the homes that have become icons of English literature. We encounter Jane Austen drinking "too much wine" in the lavish ballroom of a Hampshire manor, discover how Virginia Woolf's love of Talland House at St. Ives is palpable in To the Lighthouse, and find Evelyn Waugh remembering Madresfield Court as he plots Charles Ryder's return to Brideshead. Drawing on historical sources, biographies, letters, diaries, and the novels themselves, House of Fiction opens the doors to these celebrated houses while offering candid glimpses of the writers who brought them to life.
Author: Phyllis Richardson
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 05/11/2021
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9781783526932
ISBN10: 1783526939
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Architecture | History | General
- Architecture | Buildings | Residential
Author: Phyllis Richardson
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 05/11/2021
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9781783526932
ISBN10: 1783526939
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Architecture | History | General
- Architecture | Buildings | Residential
About the Author
Phyllis Richardson has written several books on architecture and design, including the highly successful XS series, Nano House and Superlight. She has written on architecture, urban development and travel for the Financial Times, the Observer, and DWELL magazine. She is currently the coordinator of the Foundation Year in English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.