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After the Satanic debaucheries of La -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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The Cathedral, Joris-Karl Huysmans
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- Publicado en
- 2011
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- Título
- The Cathedral
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Joris-Karl Huysmans
- Editorial
- Dedalus
- Publicado en
- 2011
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 364
- ISBN10
- 1903517907
- ISBN13
- 9781903517901
- Serie
- Durtal
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Tema histórico, Clásicos, Francia, Siglo XX, Siglo XIX, Literatura francesa
- Calificación
- 3,5 de 5
- Descripción
- After the Satanic debaucheries of La -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.