Abstract
Horace Walpole is renowned for his creation of the celebrated Gothic villa Strawberry Hill and author of The Castle of Otranto. Both are fabrications of his imagination originating in “a head filled like mine with Gothic story”. This paper explores how visual and textual sources, authored or solicited by Walpole, express a nuanced reading of how the castle and collection are linked as unified forms of display. It demonstrates how Walpole constructed a visual narrative that led the observer through periods in history to stimulate a dynamic dialogue with the past through significant historical figures and events in English history.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 30 - 45 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Image and Narrative |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 17 Oct 2017 |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Oct 2017 |
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Marion Harney
- Vice Chancellor's Office - Athena SWAN Leader
- Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC)
- Faculty of Engineering and Design - Associate Dean (Education)
- Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering - Professor
- Centre for Regenerative Design & Engineering for a Net Positive World (RENEW)
- Centre for Climate Adaptation & Environment Research (CAER)
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