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Gothic architecture and sexuality in the circle of Horace Walpole
- Title
- Gothic architecture and sexuality in the circle of Horace Walpole / Matthew M. Reeve.
- Author
- Reeve, Matthew M.
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA966.5.G66 R44 2020 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 260 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- 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"--
- Subject
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Friends and associates
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts > London
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Art collections
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- 1700-1799
- Gothic revival (Architecture) > England
- Homosexuality and architecture > England > History > 18th century
- Art > Private collections
- Friendship
- Gothic revival (Architecture)
- Homes
- Homosexuality and architecture
- England
- England > London
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780271085883
- 0271085886
- LCCN
- 2019059653
- OCLC
- on1121289036
- SCSB-9755282
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library