Cathedral - Softcover

Huysmans, J. K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903517907 ISBN 13: 9781903517901

Verlag: Dedalus Ltd, 2011

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After the Satanic debaucheries of LÃ -bas (1891) and the sensual battles of En Route (1895), comes the cloistered calm of The Cathedral (1898). In this long, reflective novel, Huysmans' alter-ego, Durtal, sets out to explore the mystic symbolism embodied in one of the greatest gothic edifices in France, Chartres cathedral. Written at the time of the Dreyfus Affair, a political scandal that threatened to tear France apart, Chartres cathedral became for Huysmans a potent symbol of the harmonious diversity of the Middle Ages, one that had the potential to unify the divisions in contemporary French society. This complex, multi-layered vision of Chartres cathedral as a structure in which art, science and religion could exist in harmony rather than discord, captured the public imagination on its first publication, and The Cathedral became a runaway bestseller.This edition contains 20 photographs of parts of Chartres cathedral mentioned in the text.

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Translated by Clara Bell

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• Verlag: Dedalus Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1903517907
• ISBN 13: 9781903517901
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 364
• Herausgeber: King Brendan