Fonthill Recovered A Cultural History

Fonthill Recovered A Cultural History

Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey's tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2018
Series:Comparative Literature and Culture
Subjects:
architecture
country house
fonthill abbey
London
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MG 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3ML 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MN 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6B Styles (B)::6BA Baroque
thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6R Styles (R)::6RA Romanticism
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABC Conservation, restoration and care of artworks
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNK Building construction and materials::TNKX Conservation of buildings and building materials
William Beckford (novelist)
wiltshire
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