Format:
xvii, 297 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen ;
,
24 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-691-19366-3
Content:
A group of notable writers―including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow―celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past. What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we shape the buildings we live in, or are we formed by the places we call home? And why are we especially fascinated by the houses of the famous and often long-dead? In Lives of Houses, a group of notable biographers, historians, critics, and poets explores these questions and more through fascinating essays on the houses of great writers, artists, composers, and politicians of the past
Note:
"This collection originally came out of a conference titled "The Lives of Houses", held in 2017 at the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing at Wolfson College, Oxford" (Preface, Seite xvi)
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Berühmte Persönlichkeit
;
Haus
;
Literarische Stätte
;
Baudenkmal
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Lee, Hermione, 1948-
