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Gothic architecture and sexuality in the circle of Horace Walpole /

Addresses the question of how and why Horace Walpole and the men of his circle promoted the Gothic style in art, architecture and literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reeve, Matthew M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Walpole, Horace, > 1717-1797 > Friends and associates.
Walpole, Horace, > 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts > England > London.
Walpole, Horace, > 1717-1797 > Art collections.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gothic revival (Architecture) > England.
Homosexuality and architecture > England > History > 18th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The new medievalism : constructing the Gothic in the circle of Horace Walpole
  • Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill
  • Queer family romance in the Strawberry Hill collection
  • Dicky Bateman and the Gothicization of Old Windsor
  • "The spirit of Strawberry-castle" : Donnington Grove, the Vyne, and Lee Priory
  • From Strawberry Hill Gothic to the Gothic revivial.