ISBN:
9780691193663
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 297 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Lives of Houses (Veranstaltung : 2017 : Oxford) Lives of houses
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Historic buildings
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Celebrities Homes and haunts
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Konferenzschrift 2017
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Konferenzschrift 2017
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Konferenzschrift 2017
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Haus
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Berühmte Persönlichkeit
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Baudenkmal
Abstract:
A group of notable writers―including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow―celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past. What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we shape the buildings we live in, or are we formed by the places we call home? And why are we especially fascinated by the houses of the famous and often long-dead? In Lives of Houses, a group of notable biographers, historians, critics, and poets explores these questions and more through fascinating essays on the houses of great writers, artists, composers, and politicians of the past.
Note:
"This collection originally came out of a conference titled "The Lives of Houses", held in 2017 at the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing at Wolfson College, Oxford" (Preface, Seite xvi)
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