'Permanent preservation for the benefit of the nation': the country house, preservation and nostalgia in Vita Sackville-West's The Edwardians and Virginia Woolf's Orlando

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Abstract

Examines notions of the country house, preservation and nostalgia in Vita Sackville-West's The Edwardians and Virginia Woolf's Orlando.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModernism and nostalgia
Subtitle of host publicationbodies, locations, aesthetics
EditorsTammy Clewell
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Pages93-110
Number of pages288
ISBN (Print)9781137326591
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2013

Keywords

  • modernism
  • victorian history
  • cultural studies
  • memory studies
  • english language
  • england
  • beauty
  • perish
  • country house
  • preservation
  • nostalgia

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