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Title: Magnificent Houses in Twentieth Century European Literature

Magnificent Houses in Twentieth Century European Literature

by Hugo G. Walter (Author)
©2012 Monographs XII, 323 Pages
English Studies
Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature, Volume 115

Summary

Magnificent Houses in Twentieth Century European Literature is a collection of great and imaginative essays that explore the theme of magnificent and aesthetically interesting houses in twentieth century European literature. It focuses especially on important works by Thomas Mann, Evelyn Waugh, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Siegfried Lenz, while also discussing other significant houses in modern European literature.

Details

Pages
XII, 323
Year
2012
ISBN (PDF)
9781453905753
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433118470
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-0575-3
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (July)
Keywords
European literature Thomas Mann Evelyn Waugh J.R.R. Tolkien Siegfried Lenz houses
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2012. XII, 323 pp.

Biographical notes

Hugo G. Walter (Author)

Hugo G. Walter has a BA from Princeton University, an MA from Old Dominion University, a PhD in literature from Yale University, and a PhD in interdisciplinary humanities from Drew University. He is Professor of English and Humanities at Berkeley College New Jersey and Online. Walter has written widely on European literature, including Space and Time on the Magic Mountain (Lang, 1999), Sanctuaries of Light in Nineteenth Century European Literature (Lang, 2010), and Beautiful Sanctuaries in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century European Literature (Lang, 2011). In addition, he has published ten volumes of poetry.

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