Dreamstreets by Jacqueline Yallop

Dreamstreets by Jacqueline Yallop

Mixing social and political history, art and architecture, travelogue, biography, aesthetics and philosophy with memoir and on-the-ground observation, this book draws on the author's experience as a novelist, bringing her scholarly research to life in an account of the complex and contradictory factors which changed the British landscape.

Compelling * Independent *
This is a fascinating book, a glimpse through the keyhole of homes that turn out to be stages set for a performance-- Lucy Lethbridge * Financial Times *
Intriguing... The descriptions of place, surface and mood are sharp and tangible * Guardian *
A fascinating study of how human life is moulded and shaped by big money. It is…sobering. -- Charlie Gilmour * Independent On Sunday *
Provides valuable food for thought. -- Gillian Tindall * Literary Review *

Jacqueline Yallop is the author of three novels and a history of Victorian collecting. She has a PhD in nineteenth-century literature and culture, and has worked as a museum curator in Manchester and Sheffield. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Aberystwyth.

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ISBN 13	9780224098274
ISBN 10	0224098276
Titel	Dreamstreets
Autor	Jacqueline Yallop
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-06-04
Seitenanzahl	240
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