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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
by Adams, Henry
- Used
- Condition
- Bounbd in three quarter black morocco, t.e.g
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Bologna: Houghton Mifflin, 1933. Reprint edition. xiv, [2], 397pp. 8vo. Bounbd in three quarter black morocco, t.e.g. Reprint edition. xiv, [2], 397pp. 8vo.
Synopsis
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and inventive conceits, Adams looks at the ordinary people, places, and events in the context of the social conventions and systems of thought and belief of the thirteenth century turning the study of history into a kind of theater. As Raymond Carney discusses in his introduction, Adams' freeedom from the European traditions of study lends an exuberance—and puckish wit—to his writings.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 332735
- Title
- Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
- Author
- Adams, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Xiv, [2], 397pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Bounbd in three quarter black morocco, t.e.g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Bologna
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- American | American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Sets & Fine Bindings;
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About the Seller
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