The Country House Revisited: Variations on a Theme from Forster to Hollinghurst - Couverture souple

Topolovská, Tereza

 
9788024636726: The Country House Revisited: Variations on a Theme from Forster to Hollinghurst
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ISBN 10 : 8024636727 ISBN 13 : 9788024636726
Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2018

Synopsis

From Howard's End to Brideshead Revisited, this book explores the leitmotif of the English country house in twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction, with a focus on the works of E. M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, Iris Murdoch, Alan Hollinghurst, and Sarah Waters. Integrating wider social and cultural contexts with contemporary architectural developments, Tereza Topolovská reveals that the variety of literary depictions of the country house reflects the physical diversification of buildings that can be classified as such, from smaller variants to formerly grand residences on the brink of physical collapse. Within the scope of contemporary fiction, architecture, and poetics of space, the country house--with its uniquely integrating and exceptionally evocative qualities--accentuates different conceptions of dwelling. Consequently, literary portrayals of the country house can be seen as both prefiguring and reflecting the contemporary practice of living.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tereza Topolovská is assistant professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at Charles University's Faculty of Education.

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Éditeur
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8024636727
ISBN 13 
9788024636726
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
178
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Personne responsable
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