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The Idea of the Cottage in English Architecture is a history of the
late Georgian phenomenon of the architect-designed cottage and the
architectural discourse that articulated it. It is a study of small
buildings built on country estates, and not so small buildings
built in picturesque rural settings, resort towns and suburban
developments. At the heart of the English idea of the cottage is
the Classical notion of retreat from the city to the countryside.
This idea was adopted and adapted by the Augustan-infused culture
of eighteenth-century England where it gained popularity with
writers, artists, architects and their wealthy patrons who from the
later eighteenth century commissioned retreats, gate-lodges, estate
workers' housing and seaside villas designed to 'appear as
cottages'. The enthusiasm for cottages within polite society did
not last. By the mid-nineteenth century, cottage-related building
and book publishing had slowed and the idea of the cottage itself
was eventually lost beneath the Tudor barge-boards and decorative
chimneystacks of the Historic Revival. And yet while both designer
and consumer have changed over time, the idea of the cottage as the
ideal rural retreat continues to resonate through English
architecture and English culture.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the complex cultural
exchanges that took place between Britain and America from 1750 to
1900, The Materials of Exchange examines material, visual, and
print culture alongside literature within a transatlantic context.
The contributors trace the evolution of Anglo-American culture from
its origins as a product of the British North Atlantic Empire
through to its persistence in the post-Independence world of the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While transatlanticism is
a well-established field in history and literary studies, this
volume recognizes the wider diversity and interactions of
transatlantic cultural production across material and visual
cultures as well as literature. As such, while encompassing a range
of fields and approaches within the humanities, the ten chapters
are all concerned with understanding and interpreting the same
Anglo-American culture within the same social contexts. The
chapters integrate the literary with the material, offering
alternative and provocative perspectives on topics ranging from the
child-made book to representations of domestic slaves in
literature, by way of history painting, travel writing,
architecture and political plays. By focusing on cultural exchanges
between Britain and the north-eastern maritime United States over
nearly two centuries, the collection offers an in-depth study of
Britain's relationship with a single region of North America over
an extended historic period. Contributors have resisted the
temptation to prioritize the relationship between New England and
England in particular by placing this association within the
contexts of Atlantic exchanges with other northeastern states as
well as with the South, the Caribbean and Scotland. Intended for
researchers in literature, visual and material culture, this
collection challenges single-subject boundaries by redefining
transatlantic studies as the collective examination of the complex
and interrelated cultural t
Projecting forward in time from the processes of design and
construction that are so often the focus of architectural
discourse, Consuming Architecture examines the variety of ways in
which buildings are consumed after they have been produced,
focusing in particular on processes of occupation, appropriation
and interpretation. Drawing on contributions by architects,
historians, anthropologists, literary critics, artists,
film-makers, photographers and journalists, it shows how the
consumption of architecture is a dynamic and creative act that
involves the creation and negotiation of meanings and values by
different stakeholders and that can be expressed in different
voices. In so doing, it challenges ideas of what constitutes
architecture, architectural discourse and architectural education,
how we understand and think about it, and who can claim ownership
of it. Consuming Architecture is aimed at students in architectural
education and will also be of interest to students and researchers
from disciplines that deal with architecture in terms of
consumption and material culture.
The Idea of the Cottage in English Architecture is a history of the
late Georgian phenomenon of the architect-designed cottage and the
architectural discourse that articulated it. It is a study of small
buildings built on country estates, and not so small buildings
built in picturesque rural settings, resort towns and suburban
developments. At the heart of the English idea of the cottage is
the Classical notion of retreat from the city to the countryside.
This idea was adopted and adapted by the Augustan-infused culture
of eighteenth-century England where it gained popularity with
writers, artists, architects and their wealthy patrons who from the
later eighteenth century commissioned retreats, gate-lodges, estate
workers' housing and seaside villas designed to 'appear as
cottages'. The enthusiasm for cottages within polite society did
not last. By the mid-nineteenth century, cottage-related building
and book publishing had slowed and the idea of the cottage itself
was eventually lost beneath the Tudor barge-boards and decorative
chimneystacks of the Historic Revival. And yet while both designer
and consumer have changed over time, the idea of the cottage as the
ideal rural retreat continues to resonate through English
architecture and English culture.
Projecting forward in time from the processes of design and
construction that are so often the focus of architectural
discourse, Consuming Architecture examines the variety of ways in
which buildings are consumed after they have been produced,
focusing in particular on processes of occupation, appropriation
and interpretation. Drawing on contributions by architects,
historians, anthropologists, literary critics, artists,
film-makers, photographers and journalists, it shows how the
consumption of architecture is a dynamic and creative act that
involves the creation and negotiation of meanings and values by
different stakeholders and that can be expressed in different
voices. In so doing, it challenges ideas of what constitutes
architecture, architectural discourse and architectural education,
how we understand and think about it, and who can claim ownership
of it. Consuming Architecture is aimed at students in architectural
education and will also be of interest to students and researchers
from disciplines that deal with architecture in terms of
consumption and material culture.
Spanning the North Atlantic rim from Canada to Scotland, and from
the Caribbean to the coast of West Africa, the British Atlantic
world is deeply interconnected across its regions. In this
groundbreaking study, thirteen leading scholars explore the idea of
transatlanticism-or a shared ""Atlantic world"" experience-through
the lens of architecture and built spaces in the British Atlantic
world from the seventeenth century through the mid-nineteenth
century. Examining town planning, churches, forts, merchants'
stores, state houses, and farm houses, this collection shows how
the powerful visual language of architecture and design allowed the
people of this era to maintain common cultural experiences while
still forming their individuality. By studying the interplay
between physical construction and social themes that include
identity, gender, taste, domesticity, politics, and race, the
authors interpret material culture in a way that particularly
emphasizes the people who built, occupied, and used the spaces and
reflects the complex cultural exchanges between Britain and the New
World.
This rich and diverse collection of essays explores the literary
and ideological cultural exchanges between Britain and New England
from 1610 to 1910. The contributors embrace material studies of
written and printed texts, performance, the novel, expository
writing, and early film. Through intriguingly fresh readings of the
work of writers ranging from Anne Bradstreet to Walt Whitman and
from John Winthrop, Jr., to Jack London, the book examines the
intellectual and aesthetic exchanges produced by transatlantic
cultural traffic. The focus and detail of the essays make an
important contribution to the ongoing debates about
British-American transatlantic literary exchanges, highlighting the
conversions, adjustments, and translations in the transnational
circulation of culture.
This book will appeal to a broad spectrum of scholars in American,
British, and Transatlantic literary studies.
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