Vauxhall Gardens : a history

From their early beginnings in the Restoration until the final closure in Queen Victoria's reign, Vauxhall Gardens developed from a rural tavern and place of assignation into a dream-world filled with visual arts and music, and finally into a commercial site of mass entertainment. By the 18th c...

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Main Authors: Coke, David (Author, VerfasserIn)
Borg, Alan (VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press , 2011
Subjects:
Vauxhall Gardens
Geschichte
Rezensiertes Werk
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England) > History
London (England) > History
London (England) > Intellectual life > 18th century
London (England) > Intellectual life > 19th century
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Rezension
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Related Items:Rezensiert in: Pleasure gardens
Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: David E. Coke / Alan Borg, Vauxhall Gardens]
Author Notes:David Coke & Alan Borg
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The new spring garden
  • The master-builder of delight
  • Favourite fancies
  • Universal harmony
  • The establishment
  • This inchanted grove
  • A composition of baubles
  • Positively the last night forever
  • Appendices
  • Chronology.

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