Placeholder text

Go to cart

The Cathedral

By Huysmans, J. K.

The Cathedral

By Huysmans, J. K.

0 - Default Title
Description
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 diions in contemporary French society. This complex, multi-layered ion 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
4
Number of Pages:
364
Release Date:
2011-04-28
Publication Date:
2011-04-28
Publisher:
Dedalus Ltd
Languages:
Published: English, Original: French
ISBN10:
1903517907
ISBN13:
9781903517901
Weight:
1050 g
Currently sold out