This interdisciplinary collection explores the dynamic relationship
between literature and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century
to the present. Contributions take the reader on a journey through
unexplored byways, from Istanbul to New York to London, from event
spaces to domestic interiors to the fictional buildings of the
novel. Topics include the building of imaginary spaces, such as the
architectural models of comic book worlds created by the cartoonist
Seth and the Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk, which is both
novel and building. Real architectural spaces are recontextualized
through literature: reading the work of Louis Kahn through his
personal library and envisioning the writing haven of James Baldwin
through his novels. Another approach links literary style with
architectural form, as in the work of the New York School poets,
who reformulate the built environment on the page. Architectural
landmarks like Robert Stevenson's Roundhouse (1847), Joseph
Paxton's Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition and the 2012
Olympic Park are reconsidered as counter-narratives of
postcolonialism and empire, and the New York skyline is examined
alongside literature and visual culture. This collection
demonstrates the reciprocal exchange that exists between the
disciplines of literature and architecture and promotes new ways of
understanding these interactions.
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