Introduction

The present selection of essays originates in the S.F.E.V.E. conference of January 2022, in which scholars were invited to look afresh at the historical emergence, concrete manifestations and cultural significance of the interior in the nineteenth century. Building on recent interdisciplinary research in material studies, architectural design theory, the Victorian architectural imaginary and the poetics, politics and phenomenology of dwelling, the articles included in this issue of Cahiers vi...