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* [[Pearl S. Buck House National Historic Landmark|Green Hills Farm]] ([[Pearl S. Buck]]) |
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* [[Bulgakov Museum in Moscow]] |
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* [[Newstead Abbey]] ([[Lord Byron]]) |
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* [[Carlyle's House]] ([[Thomas Carlyle]]) |
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* [[Melikhovo]] ([[Anton Chekhov]]) |
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* [[White Dacha]] (Anton Chekhov) |
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* [[Greenway Estate]] ([[Agatha Christie]]} |
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* [[John Clare Cottage]] |
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* [[Manning Clark House]] |
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* [[Jean Cocteau House]] |
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* [[Coleridge Cottage]] ([[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]) |
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* [[Cowper and Newton Museum]] ([[William Cowper]]) |
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* [[Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum]] |
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* [[Charles Dickens Museum]] |
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* [[Rowan Oak]] ([[William Faulkner]]) |
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* [[Anne Frank House]] |
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* [[Max Gate]] ([[Thomas Hardy]]) |
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* [[Ernest Hemingway Cottage]] |
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* [[Ernest Hemingway House]] |
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* [[Maison de Victor Hugo]] |
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* [[Dr Johnson's House]] ([[Samuel Johnson]]) |
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* [[Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum]] |
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* [[Keats House]] ([[John Keats]]) |
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* [[Keats–Shelley Memorial House]] (John Keats) |
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* [[Bateman's]] ([[Rudyard Kipling]]) |
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* [[Tarkhany]] ([[Mikhail Lermontov]]) |
* [[Tarkhany]] ([[Mikhail Lermontov]]) |
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* [[Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)]] |
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* [[Milton's Cottage]] ([[John Milton]]) |
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* [[Margaret Mitchell House and Museum]] |
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* [[Rozhdestveno Memorial Estate]] ([[Vladimir Nabokov]]) |
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* [[Hill Top, Cumbria|Hill Top]] ([[Beatrix Potter]]) |
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* [[Shandy Hall]] ([[Laurence Sterne]]) |
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* [[Farringford House]] ([[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]]) |
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* [[Dylan Thomas Boathouse]] |
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* [[Thurber House|James Thurber House]] |
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* [[Yasnaya Polyana]] ([[Leo Tolstoy]]) |
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* [[Highbury, Centennial Park|Highbury]] ([[Patrick White]]) |
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* [[Walt Whitman House]]<ref name=":1" /> |
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* [[Dove Cottage]] ([[William Wordsworth]]) |
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Revision as of 17:14, 18 November 2020
Writers' homes (sometimes writer's, author's or literary houses) are locations where writers lived. Frequently, these homes are preserved as historic house museums and literary tourism destinations, called writer's home museums, especially when the homes are those of famous literary figures. Frequently these buildings are preserved to communicate to visitors more about the author than their work and its historical context.[1] These exhibits are a form of biographical criticism. Visitors of the sites who are participating in literary tourism, are often fans of the authors, and these fans find deep emotional and physical connections to the authors through their visits.[1]
Sites include a range of activities common to cultural heritage sites, such as living history, museum exhibits, guided tours and poetry readings.[1] New York Times commentator Anne Trubek counted 73 such houses in the United States.[2]
The tradition of preserving houses or sites important to famous authors has a long history: in the 14th century Petrarch's birthplace was preserved, despite Petrach barely spending time there as a child.[2] In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century France, photojournalism which represented authors homes created an increased public interest in writers' private lives, making their homes destinations.[3]
The public popular imagination around these literary homes is a central theme of the satirical novel An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England.[4]
Notable homes
- Jane Austen's House Museum
- Brontë Parsonage Museum
- Green Hills Farm (Pearl S. Buck)
- Bulgakov Museum in Moscow
- Newstead Abbey (Lord Byron)
- Carlyle's House (Thomas Carlyle)
- Melikhovo (Anton Chekhov)
- White Dacha (Anton Chekhov)
- Greenway Estate (Agatha Christie}
- John Clare Cottage
- Manning Clark House
- Jean Cocteau House
- Coleridge Cottage (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
- Cowper and Newton Museum (William Cowper)
- Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum
- Charles Dickens Museum
- Emily Dickinson Museum[1]
- Rowan Oak (William Faulkner)
- Anne Frank House
- Max Gate (Thomas Hardy)
- Ernest Hemingway Cottage
- Ernest Hemingway House
- The World of James Herriot
- Maison de Victor Hugo
- Dr Johnson's House (Samuel Johnson)
- Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum
- Keats House (John Keats)
- Keats–Shelley Memorial House (John Keats)
- Bateman's (Rudyard Kipling)
- Tarkhany (Mikhail Lermontov)
- Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)
- Milton's Cottage (John Milton)
- Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
- Rozhdestveno Memorial Estate (Vladimir Nabokov)
- Monte Cristo Cottage (Eugene O'Neill)
- Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
- Hill Top (Beatrix Potter)
- Shakespeare's Birthplace[2]
- Shandy Hall (Laurence Sterne)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House
- Farringford House (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
- Dylan Thomas Boathouse
- James Thurber House
- Yasnaya Polyana (Leo Tolstoy)
- Mark Twain House[1]
- The Mount (Edith Wharton)
- Highbury (Patrick White)
- Walt Whitman House[2]
- Dove Cottage (William Wordsworth)
- Rydal Mount (William Wordsworth)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Visitors can learn much from famous writers' houses - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ^ a b c d Trubek, Anne (2010-10-15). "Read My Book? Tour My House". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ^ Emery, Elizabeth (2012-01-01). Photojournalism and the Origins of the French Writer House Museum (1881-1914): Privacy, Publicity, and Personality. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9781409408772.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (2007-09-10). "Burn Down a Poet's House, and the Mail Just Pours In". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
Further reading
- Bernard, April. "Here's What I Hate About Writers' Houses". NYRblog. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- Channer, Nick (2015-04-30). Writers' Houses: Where Great Books Began. Robert Hale Limited. ISBN 9780719806643.
- "The Irrational Allure of Writers' Houses*". Literary Traveler. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- Hendrix, Harald (2012-08-06). Writers' Houses and the Making of Memory. Routledge. ISBN 9781135908058.
- Marsh, Kate (1993-01-01). Writers and their houses: a guide to the writers' houses of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland : essays. Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 9780241127698.
- Trubek, Anne (2011-07-11). A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812205812.