The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture / Susan Stewart.
The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture / Susan Stewart.
The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture / Susan Stewart.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020.
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GQ 2020/0198
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 378 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colored) ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Valuing Ruin -- Matter: This Ruined Earth -- Marks: Inscriptions and Spolia -- Mater: Nymphs, Virgins, and Whores-On the Ruin of Women -- Matrix: Humanism and the Rise of the Ruins Print -- Model: The Architectural Imaginary -- Mirrors: The Voyages and Fantasies of the Ruins Craze -- T...
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"In 'The Ruins Lesson,' the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet-critic Susan Stewart explores the West's fascination with ruins in literature, visual art, and architecture, covering a vast chronological and geographical range from the ancient Egyptians to T. S. Eliot. In the multiplication of images of ruins, artists, and writers she su...
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The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture / Susan Stewart.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ebook version : 9780226632759
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GQ 2020/0198
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74VKaDDaylkO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDDaylkO
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ISBN
9780226632612 (cloth)
022663261X
DDC
809.9335
MMS ID
991024295315402626
