| Author: | Joris-Karl Huysmans | ISBN: | 9781909232099 |
| Publisher: | Dedalus Ebooks | Publication: | January 5, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Dedalus Ebooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joris-Karl Huysmans |
| ISBN: | 9781909232099 |
| Publisher: | Dedalus Ebooks |
| Publication: | January 5, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Dedalus Ebooks |
| Language: | English |
After the Satanic debaucheries of Là -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. it will appeal to readers interested in architecture, religious art, Chartres and cathedrals and the Durtal quartet of novels of J-K.Huysmans.
After the Satanic debaucheries of Là -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. it will appeal to readers interested in architecture, religious art, Chartres and cathedrals and the Durtal quartet of novels of J-K.Huysmans.
