This paper introduces the context and speculative architectural methodologies underlying Kester Rattenbury’s recent book The Wessex Project: Thomas Hardy, Architect. The book is the first time that Hardy’s work has been studied in detail by an architectural critic, and has been called a ‘must read’ by The Hardy Society Journal, as introducing an entirely new approach to Hardy’s work. In this paper (based on presentations given at the Hardy International Conference, the DCM/National Trust lecture series and The Hardy Society Annual London Lecture, all 2018) Rattenbury introduces the usually tacit but highly-evolved and widely-used ways in which architects both ‘read’ and ‘construct’ real and imaginary design projects, and how applying the...
Abstract Over the last two decades the potential for the combined study of literature and archaeolo...
The purpose of this research is to investigate Thomas Hardy’s relation to the Gothic tradition, espe...
Geo - (topo) graphically Hardy’s Wessex is located on the West Country of England and lying south of...
A re-exploration of Thomas Hardy's life and work from the point of view of an architectural critic. ...
This conference paper introduced the arguments, methods and findings of Kester Rattenbury's book The...
Thomas Hardy is the only major English novelist to have been a professional architect. In his essay,...
The paper examines the ways in which Thomas Hardy’s abandoned career as a draughtsman and assistant ...
This invited lecture introduces the arguments and architectural approaches of Kester Rattenbury's bo...
My thesis is based on the characteristics of Hardy's pictorial art. I believe that his treatment of ...
This paper explores the challenges of using a specific photographic style as seen within a series of...
International audienceThomas Hardy’s extreme proximity with the visual arts is now well-acknowledged...
This thesis uncovers connections between the mapping of fictional spaces in nineteenth-century liter...
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m00/13498 / BLDSC - British Library D...
A presentation and discussion of the book The Wessex Project: Thomas Hardy Architect as the invited ...
Thomas Hardy\u27s novels employ a system of visualization and visual perception that provokes the co...
Abstract Over the last two decades the potential for the combined study of literature and archaeolo...
The purpose of this research is to investigate Thomas Hardy’s relation to the Gothic tradition, espe...
Geo - (topo) graphically Hardy’s Wessex is located on the West Country of England and lying south of...
A re-exploration of Thomas Hardy's life and work from the point of view of an architectural critic. ...
This conference paper introduced the arguments, methods and findings of Kester Rattenbury's book The...
Thomas Hardy is the only major English novelist to have been a professional architect. In his essay,...
The paper examines the ways in which Thomas Hardy’s abandoned career as a draughtsman and assistant ...
This invited lecture introduces the arguments and architectural approaches of Kester Rattenbury's bo...
My thesis is based on the characteristics of Hardy's pictorial art. I believe that his treatment of ...
This paper explores the challenges of using a specific photographic style as seen within a series of...
International audienceThomas Hardy’s extreme proximity with the visual arts is now well-acknowledged...
This thesis uncovers connections between the mapping of fictional spaces in nineteenth-century liter...
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m00/13498 / BLDSC - British Library D...
A presentation and discussion of the book The Wessex Project: Thomas Hardy Architect as the invited ...
Thomas Hardy\u27s novels employ a system of visualization and visual perception that provokes the co...
Abstract Over the last two decades the potential for the combined study of literature and archaeolo...
The purpose of this research is to investigate Thomas Hardy’s relation to the Gothic tradition, espe...
Geo - (topo) graphically Hardy’s Wessex is located on the West Country of England and lying south of...