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Informationen zum Autor Rumiko Handa is a professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. James Potter is a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Iain Borden is a professor of architecture and urban culture at University College London and the author or editor of several books, including The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space. Contributors: Michael Alexander, Andrew Ballantyne, Stephen Bann, Iain Borden, Ian Christie, Rumiko Handa, Toby D. Olsen, Richard Schoch, and Josh Silvers. Klappentext Rumiko Handa is a professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln. James Potter is a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln. Iain Borden is a professor of architecture and urban culture at University College London and the author or editor of several books, including The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space.¿Contributors: Michael Alexander, Andrew Ballantyne, Stephen Bann, Iain Borden, Ian Christie, Rumiko Handa, Toby D. Olsen, Richard Schoch, and Josh Silvers. Zusammenfassung In recent years a number of blockbuster films have used historically significant buildings as filming locations because buildings can concretely bring a former era or fictional world closer to contemporary viewers. Conjuring the Real traces the genealogy of this representational role of architecture! going back through the history of film and then further in literature! art! and theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsForewordIain BordenIntroductionRumiko Handa1. "All That Life Can Afford"? Perspectives on the Screening of Historic Literary LondonIan Christie2. Architecture in Historical Fiction: A Historical and Comparative StudyMichael Alexander3. Norman Abbey as Romantic Mise-en-Scène: St. Georges de Boscherville in Historical RepresentationStephen Bann4. Performing History on the Victorian StageRichard Schoch5. Shops and SubjectsAndrew Ballantyne6. Pride and Prejudice: Establishing Historical Connections among the ArtsJosh Silvers and Toby D. OlsenContributors...