{"product_id":"the-lighted-window-evening-walks-remembered-hardcover","title":"The Lighted Window: Evening Walks Remembered - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffering a combination of place-writing, memoir, and cultural study, Peter Davidson examines the motif of the lighted window.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Homecoming, haunting, nostalgia, desire. These are some of the themes evoked by the beguiling image of the lighted window. In this innovative book, Peter Davidson is our guide, taking us on atmospheric walks through nocturnal cities in Britain, Europe, North America, and the field paths of rural England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Surveying a wide range of material, the book extends from early romantic painting to contemporary fiction. Davidson features familiar lighted windows in English literature, turning to the works of poets such as Thomas Hardy and Matthew Arnold and the novels of Virginia Woolf, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Kenneth Grahame. \u003ci\u003eThe Lighted Window\u003c\/i\u003e also considers the painted nocturnes of James Whistler, John Atkinson Grimshaw, and the ruralist Samuel Palmer; Japanese prints of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Proust and the painters of the French belle  poque; Ren  Magritte's \u003ci\u003eL'Empire des Lumi res\u003c\/i\u003e; and North American painters such as Edward Hopper and Linden Frederick. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By interpreting the interactions of art, literature, and geography around this evocative motif, Peter Davidson shows how the lighted window has inspired an extraordinary variety of moods and ideas, from the romantic period to the present day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior research fellow of Campion Hall, University of Oxford. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of North\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Light\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160542843015,"sku":"9781851245147","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2854eccc9108d2ccf39456398c14b549.webp?v=1733274864","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-lighted-window-evening-walks-remembered-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}