Literature and architecture in early modern England

Loss and foundations: Camden's Britannia and the histories of English architecture -- Aristocrats and architects: Henry Wotton and the country house poem -- Strange anthologies: the alchemist in the London of John Stow -- Restoring "the church-porch": George Herbert's architectur...

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Main Author: Myers, Anne M. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:[Rezension von: Myers, Anne M., Literature and Architecture in Early Modern England] (2013) (Wells, Emma J.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B History 1450-1650 / English language / Literature / Relationship / Architecture / Architekturgeschichtsschreibung / History 1500-1700
Further subjects:B Architecture and literature History 17th century
B English literature History and criticism Early modern, 1500-1700
B Architecture and literature History 16th century
B Architecture and literature History 16th century
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Architecture and literature History 17th century
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Summary:Loss and foundations: Camden's Britannia and the histories of English architecture -- Aristocrats and architects: Henry Wotton and the country house poem -- Strange anthologies: the alchemist in the London of John Stow -- Restoring "the church-porch": George Herbert's architectural history -- Construction sites: the architecture of Anne Clifford's diaries -- Recollections: John Evelyn and the histories of restoration architecture -- Coda. St. Helen's Bishopsgate: antiquarianism and aesthetics in modern London
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1421407221