Alexandra Harris was educated at the University of Oxford and the Courtauld Institute, London, and is currently Professorial Fellow, Department of English Literature at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of several books, including Weatherland and Virginia Woolf, both published by Thames & Hudson.

'The originality of Romantic Moderns is the extraordinary breadth of its focus … a joy to read' - The Sunday Times

• Prologue 1. Ancient & Modern 2. Concrete and Curlicues 3. A Georgian Revival 4. Victoriana 5. From Purity to a Pageant 6. A Break for Refreshments 7. The Canon Revised 8. The Weather Forecast9. Village Life 10. Parish News 11. Variations on a View12. An Hour in the Garden 13. Dreaming of Manderley 14. House Building 15. Literary Architecture

Alexandra Harris was educated at the University of Oxford and the Courtauld Institute, London, and is currently Professorial Fellow, Department of English Literature at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of several books, including Weatherland and Virginia Woolf, both published by Thames & Hudson.

'The originality of Romantic Moderns is the extraordinary breadth of its focus … a joy to read' - The Sunday Times

• Prologue 1. Ancient & Modern 2. Concrete and Curlicues 3. A Georgian Revival 4. Victoriana 5. From Purity to a Pageant 6. A Break for Refreshments 7. The Canon Revised 8. The Weather Forecast9. Village Life 10. Parish News 11. Variations on a View12. An Hour in the Garden 13. Dreaming of Manderley 14. House Building 15. Literary Architecture