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Touring and Publicizing England's Country Houses in the Long Eighteenth Century

Af: Dr. Jocelyn Anderson Engelsk Paperback

Touring and Publicizing England's Country Houses in the Long Eighteenth Century

Af: Dr. Jocelyn Anderson Engelsk Paperback
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Over the course of the long 18th century, many of England’s grandest country houses became known for displaying noteworthy architecture and design, large collections of sculptures and paintings, and expansive landscape gardens and parks. Although these houses continued to function as residences and spaces of elite retreat, they had powerful public identities. Increasingly accessible to tourists, and extensively described by travel writers, they began to be celebrated as sites of great importance to national culture. Touring and Publicizing England''s Country Houses in the Long Eighteenth Century examines how these identities emerged, repositioning the importance of country houses in 18th-century Britain and exploring what it took to turn them into tourist attractions.

Drawing on travel books, guidebooks, and dozens of tourists’ diaries and letters, it explores what it meant to tour country houses such as Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth, Wilton, Kedleston and Burghley in the tumultuous 1700s. It also questions the legacies of these early tourists: both as a critical cultural practice in the 18th century, and an extraordinary and controversial influence in British culture today, country-house tourism is a topic of rich debate for students, scholars and patrons of the heritage sector.

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Over the course of the long 18th century, many of England’s grandest country houses became known for displaying noteworthy architecture and design, large collections of sculptures and paintings, and expansive landscape gardens and parks. Although these houses continued to function as residences and spaces of elite retreat, they had powerful public identities. Increasingly accessible to tourists, and extensively described by travel writers, they began to be celebrated as sites of great importance to national culture. Touring and Publicizing England''s Country Houses in the Long Eighteenth Century examines how these identities emerged, repositioning the importance of country houses in 18th-century Britain and exploring what it took to turn them into tourist attractions.

Drawing on travel books, guidebooks, and dozens of tourists’ diaries and letters, it explores what it meant to tour country houses such as Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth, Wilton, Kedleston and Burghley in the tumultuous 1700s. It also questions the legacies of these early tourists: both as a critical cultural practice in the 18th century, and an extraordinary and controversial influence in British culture today, country-house tourism is a topic of rich debate for students, scholars and patrons of the heritage sector.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781501384615
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1501384619
Kategori: England
Udg. Dato: 24 mar 2022
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 153mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 24 mar 2022
Forfatter(e): Dr. Jocelyn Anderson
Forfatter(e) Dr. Jocelyn Anderson

Kategori England

ISBN-13 9781501384615

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 228mm

Højde 153mm

Udg. Dato 24 mar 2022

Oplagsdato 24 mar 2022

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC