Writing Britain's Ruins - Hardcover
Over the course of the long 18th century (1700–1850), Britain’s ruined medieval or "Gothic" abbeys, castles and towers became the objects of intense cultural interest. Turning their attention away from Classical to local and national sites of architectural ruin, antiquaries and topographers began to scrutinize and sketch, record and describe the material remains of the British past, an expression of interest in domestic antiquity that was shared by many contemporary painters, poets, writers, politicians and tourists. This new, highly illustrated book traces the ways in which a selection of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ruins served as the objects of continuous cultural reflection between 1700 and 1850, drawing together essays on the antiquarian, poetic, visual, oral, fictional, dramatic, political, legal and touristic responses that they engendered. Thoroughly interdisciplinary in its approach, Writing Britain’s Ruins provides an accessible and engaging account of the ways in which Britain’s ruins inspired writers, artists and thinkers during a period of extraordinary cultural richness.
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About the Author:
Michael Carter is Senior Properties Historian at English Heritage. Peter Lindfield is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow based at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Dale Townshend is Professor of Gothic Literature in the Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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- PublisherBritish Library Publishing
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0712309780
- ISBN 13 9780712309783
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
- EditorCarter Michael, Lindfield Peter, Townshend Dale
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