Magnificent Houses in Twentieth Century European Literature

Hugo (English, humanities, Berkeley College New Jersey) discusses the depiction and the representation of magnificent houses and architectural creations in 20th century European literature, in works by Thomas Mann (Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain); Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited); Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings); and Siegfried Lenz (The German Lesson). The chapter on Thomas Mann is a revised version of the author's essay in Space and Time on the Magic Mountain. An introduction surveys magnificent architectural creations in 19th century European literature, and a conclusion surveys other important architectural creations in 20th century European and American literature in works by authors such as Hermann Hesse, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Virginia Woolf. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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.