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American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gothic Literary StudiesPublisher: La Vergne : Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (267 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781783161621
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic LiteratureDDC classification:
  • 820.9
LOC classification:
  • N6510.5.R6 .A384 20
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Back Cover -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Gothic Monticello: Thomas Jefferson's Garden Narratives -- 2 'Banditti Mania': The Gothic Haunting of Washington Allston -- 3 'Arranging the Trap Doors': The Gothic Revival Castles of Alexander Jackson Davis -- 4 Old Dwellings Transmogrified: The Homes of James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving -- 5 Gothic Castles in the Landscape: Thomas Cole, Sir Walter Scott and the Hudson River School of Painting -- 6 The Theatrical Spectacle of Medieval Revival: Edwin Forrest's Fonthill Castle -- Conclusion 'Clap It Into a Romance': Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic Houses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature analyses the influence of British Gothic novels and historical romances on American art and architecture in the Romantic era.
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Cover -- Back Cover -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Gothic Monticello: Thomas Jefferson's Garden Narratives -- 2 'Banditti Mania': The Gothic Haunting of Washington Allston -- 3 'Arranging the Trap Doors': The Gothic Revival Castles of Alexander Jackson Davis -- 4 Old Dwellings Transmogrified: The Homes of James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving -- 5 Gothic Castles in the Landscape: Thomas Cole, Sir Walter Scott and the Hudson River School of Painting -- 6 The Theatrical Spectacle of Medieval Revival: Edwin Forrest's Fonthill Castle -- Conclusion 'Clap It Into a Romance': Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic Houses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature analyses the influence of British Gothic novels and historical romances on American art and architecture in the Romantic era.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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