{"product_id":"huysmans-j-k-the-cathedral-9781903517901","title":"The Cathedral","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.","brand":"Dedalus Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53876281639254,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/huysmans-j-k-the-cathedral-9781903517901","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}