American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature

Zusammenfassung This book analyses the influence of British Gothic novels and historical romances on American art and architecture in the Romantic era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One - Gothic Monticello: Thomas Jefferson's Garden Narratives Chapter Two - 'Banditti Mania': The Gothic Haunting of Washington Allston Chapter Three - 'Arranging the Trap Doors': The Gothic Revival Castles of Alexander Jackson Davis Chapter Four - Old Dwellings Transmogrified: The Homes of James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving Chapter Five - Gothic Castles in the Landscape: Thomas Cole! Sir Walter Scott And the Hudson River School of Painting Chapter Six - The Theatrical Spectacle of Medieval Revival: Edwin Forrest's Fonthill Castle Conclusion - 'Clap It Into a Romance:' Nathaniel Hawthorne's Gothic Houses Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Kerry Dean Carso, Dean Carso Kerry
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2014
• EAN: 9781783161607
• ISBN: 978-1-78316-160-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Gothic Literary Studies; Gothic Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, american, art, Literature, Architecture, English, Kerry, Age, Gothic, romantic, ART / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, ART / American / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, of, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Carso, United States of America, USA, History of Architecture