Lives of houses

By:

Kennedy, Kate Ed

Publication details: New Jersey Princeton University Press 2022Description: xvii,297pISBN:

9780691193663

Subject(s):

Dwellings in art Dwellings--Social aspects Dwellings in literature Celebrities--Homes and haunts Historic buildings Artists--Homes and haunts Literary landmarks

DDC classification:

392.36 KEN

Contents:

Contents List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii HERMIONE LEE Houses Lost and Found 1 Moving House 3 ALEXANDRA HARRIS 2 Built on Memory 18 SUSAN WALKER 3 A House of Air 30 HERMIONE LEE Family Houses 4 My Mother's House 47 MARGARET MACMILLAN 5 At Orchard House 52 MAURA DOOLEY 6 Romantic Home 55 FELICITY JAMES Dream Houses 7 At Home with Tennyson 71 ROBERT DOUGLAS-FAIRHURST 8 Chartwell: Winston Churchill's Dream House 82 DAVID CANNADINE Creative Houses 9 The Quangle Wangle's Hat 95 JENNY UGLOW 10 Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh 109 LUCY WALKER 11 77 St. Mark's Place 124 SEAMUS PERRY 12 Samuel Johnson's Houses 133 REBECCA BULLARD House-Proud 13 The Manor 149 SIMON ARMITAGE 14 At Home with the Disraelis 151 DAISY HAY 15 H . G. Wells at Uppark 160 LAURA MARCUS Unhoused 16 The Fear of Houses 177 ALEXANDER MASTERS 17 When There Is No House to Visit 189 ELLEKE BOEHMER 18 "A Place One Can Go Mad In" 201 KATE KENNEDY 19 Safe Houses 213 BERNARD O'DONOGHUE The Afterlives of Houses 20 "When All Is Ruin Once Again" 217 ROY FOSTER 21 W H. Auden in Austria 232 SANDRA MAYER 22 John Soane and House Autobiography 246 GILLIAN DARLEY 23 Ainola: Music and Silence 257 JULIAN BARNES Acknowled9ements 264 List of Contributors 265 Notes 273 Index 289

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Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xiii
HERMIONE LEE
Houses Lost and Found
1 Moving House 3
ALEXANDRA HARRIS
2 Built on Memory 18
SUSAN WALKER
3 A House of Air 30
HERMIONE LEE
Family Houses
4 My Mother's House 47
MARGARET MACMILLAN
5 At Orchard House 52
MAURA DOOLEY
6 Romantic Home 55
FELICITY JAMES
Dream Houses
7 At Home with Tennyson 71
ROBERT DOUGLAS-FAIRHURST
8 Chartwell: Winston Churchill's Dream House 82
DAVID CANNADINE
Creative Houses
9 The Quangle Wangle's Hat 95
JENNY UGLOW
10 Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh 109
LUCY WALKER
11 77 St. Mark's Place 124
SEAMUS PERRY
12 Samuel Johnson's Houses 133
REBECCA BULLARD
House-Proud
13 The Manor 149
SIMON ARMITAGE
14 At Home with the Disraelis 151
DAISY HAY
15 H . G. Wells at Uppark 160
LAURA MARCUS
Unhoused
16 The Fear of Houses 177
ALEXANDER MASTERS
17 When There Is No House to Visit 189
ELLEKE BOEHMER
18 "A Place One Can Go Mad In" 201
KATE KENNEDY
19 Safe Houses 213
BERNARD O'DONOGHUE
The Afterlives of Houses
20 "When All Is Ruin Once Again" 217
ROY FOSTER
21 W H. Auden in Austria 232
SANDRA MAYER
22 John Soane and House Autobiography 246
GILLIAN DARLEY
23 Ainola: Music and Silence 257
JULIAN BARNES
Acknowled9ements 264
List of Contributors 265
Notes 273
Index 289

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